Climate twins of Bush, IL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Bush'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: Bush vs its climate twin
Top match: Willow Springs, MO
| Month | Bush | Willow Springs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 41.7°F | 24.8°F | 2.79 in | 44.4°F | 24.6°F | 2.63 in |
| February | 47.2°F | 27.8°F | 2.61 in | 49.6°F | 28.2°F | 3.11 in |
| March | 57.1°F | 35.9°F | 4.14 in | 59.0°F | 36.1°F | 4.41 in |
| April | 68.1°F | 45.2°F | 5.34 in | 69.0°F | 45.7°F | 5.31 in |
| May | 77.0°F | 55.4°F | 4.98 in | 76.4°F | 54.8°F | 5.55 in |
| June | 85.7°F | 64.2°F | 4.11 in | 84.4°F | 63.3°F | 4.04 in |
| July | 88.4°F | 67.5°F | 3.61 in | 88.6°F | 67.2°F | 4.21 in |
| August | 87.2°F | 64.8°F | 3.05 in | 88.4°F | 65.5°F | 3.36 in |
| September | 80.8°F | 55.7°F | 2.85 in | 80.8°F | 57.4°F | 3.09 in |
| October | 70.1°F | 44.7°F | 3.54 in | 69.5°F | 46.2°F | 4.08 in |
| November | 56.2°F | 35.0°F | 3.87 in | 57.1°F | 36.1°F | 4.34 in |
| December | 45.7°F | 28.2°F | 3.12 in | 47.2°F | 27.8°F | 3.12 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 →