Climate twins of Athens, IL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Athens's. Each "twin" must be at least 140 miles away to avoid trivial near-neighbor matches. Similarity is computed across all 24 monthly metrics (12 average temperatures + 12 average precipitations), normalized so temperature and precipitation contribute equally.
Side-by-side: Athens vs its climate twin
Top match: Perrysville, IN
| Month | Athens | Perrysville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 34.5°F | 17.5°F | 2.20 in | 35.4°F | 17.4°F | 2.42 in |
| February | 40.0°F | 21.2°F | 1.98 in | 39.9°F | 20.8°F | 1.99 in |
| March | 51.5°F | 30.3°F | 2.67 in | 51.1°F | 29.7°F | 2.68 in |
| April | 64.0°F | 39.8°F | 3.93 in | 64.1°F | 39.9°F | 3.93 in |
| May | 73.7°F | 51.3°F | 4.52 in | 74.9°F | 51.5°F | 4.42 in |
| June | 81.4°F | 61.1°F | 4.20 in | 83.3°F | 60.5°F | 4.78 in |
| July | 84.9°F | 64.0°F | 3.71 in | 85.6°F | 62.8°F | 4.14 in |
| August | 83.3°F | 61.7°F | 3.27 in | 84.6°F | 60.5°F | 3.17 in |
| September | 78.1°F | 54.0°F | 3.15 in | 79.9°F | 52.9°F | 2.72 in |
| October | 65.6°F | 42.6°F | 3.40 in | 67.5°F | 42.0°F | 3.23 in |
| November | 52.8°F | 32.5°F | 3.05 in | 52.3°F | 32.0°F | 3.14 in |
| December | 40.0°F | 23.1°F | 2.33 in | 40.2°F | 22.9°F | 2.42 in |
Cities that consider Athens their climate twin
These US cities have Athens in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Athens would feel familiar.
- Cayuga, IN (ranks Athens #1)
- Covington, IN (ranks Athens #1)
- Perrysville, IN (ranks Athens #1)
How this is computed
Each city is represented by a 24-dimensional vector: 12 monthly average temperatures and 12 monthly average precipitations. Each dimension is z-score normalized across the population of US cities, so that temperature variance and precipitation variance contribute proportionally. Distance between cities is Euclidean. We filter out cities within 2° latitude/longitude (~140 miles) so that "twins" mean climatically similar but geographically distinct — not just the neighboring town. Full methodology →