Climate twins of Bolivar, OH
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Bolivar'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: Bolivar vs its climate twin
Top match: Huntsville, OH
| Month | Bolivar | Huntsville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 36.0°F | 19.7°F | 3.16 in | 33.5°F | 17.6°F | 3.04 in |
| February | 39.2°F | 20.4°F | 2.46 in | 37.1°F | 19.7°F | 2.46 in |
| March | 48.7°F | 27.6°F | 3.26 in | 47.5°F | 28.5°F | 3.20 in |
| April | 62.3°F | 37.2°F | 3.69 in | 60.7°F | 38.8°F | 4.11 in |
| May | 72.2°F | 47.8°F | 4.21 in | 71.3°F | 50.6°F | 4.31 in |
| June | 80.0°F | 57.4°F | 4.77 in | 79.5°F | 59.9°F | 4.96 in |
| July | 83.7°F | 61.5°F | 3.90 in | 82.6°F | 63.0°F | 4.45 in |
| August | 83.1°F | 59.4°F | 3.87 in | 81.3°F | 61.5°F | 3.90 in |
| September | 76.5°F | 52.2°F | 3.41 in | 76.0°F | 54.4°F | 3.18 in |
| October | 64.4°F | 40.9°F | 3.22 in | 63.7°F | 42.5°F | 2.82 in |
| November | 51.5°F | 31.8°F | 2.80 in | 49.9°F | 32.1°F | 3.13 in |
| December | 41.0°F | 24.6°F | 3.39 in | 38.4°F | 23.6°F | 3.08 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 →