Climate twins of Bellville, OH

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Bellville'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: Bellville vs its climate twin

Top match: Fowlerton, IN

Month Bellville Fowlerton
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 34.4°F 17.2°F 3.16 in 33.0°F 17.7°F 2.85 in
February 38.2°F 19.3°F 2.36 in 37.0°F 19.5°F 2.15 in
March 47.9°F 27.7°F 3.35 in 48.1°F 28.0°F 2.87 in
April 61.7°F 38.2°F 3.94 in 61.2°F 38.0°F 4.10 in
May 72.2°F 48.9°F 4.74 in 72.0°F 49.2°F 4.76 in
June 80.3°F 57.6°F 4.32 in 80.8°F 59.2°F 4.42 in
July 83.4°F 61.0°F 3.97 in 83.8°F 62.5°F 4.33 in
August 81.9°F 59.6°F 3.51 in 82.0°F 60.5°F 3.93 in
September 75.8°F 52.8°F 3.36 in 76.6°F 53.3°F 3.39 in
October 63.3°F 41.7°F 3.46 in 64.2°F 41.9°F 3.12 in
November 49.9°F 32.1°F 3.25 in 49.7°F 31.7°F 3.26 in
December 38.8°F 23.4°F 3.06 in 38.0°F 23.0°F 2.58 in

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 →