Climate twins of Carlyle, IL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Carlyle'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: Carlyle vs its climate twin
Top match: Marshfield, MO
| Month | Carlyle | Marshfield | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 39.1°F | 21.5°F | 3.05 in | 42.2°F | 21.5°F | 2.65 in |
| February | 44.8°F | 24.9°F | 2.45 in | 47.3°F | 25.2°F | 2.47 in |
| March | 54.8°F | 34.5°F | 3.67 in | 57.0°F | 34.0°F | 3.73 in |
| April | 66.6°F | 44.8°F | 4.90 in | 67.3°F | 43.7°F | 4.72 in |
| May | 75.9°F | 55.9°F | 5.23 in | 75.4°F | 53.9°F | 5.54 in |
| June | 84.8°F | 64.9°F | 4.87 in | 83.6°F | 62.7°F | 4.64 in |
| July | 88.3°F | 68.1°F | 4.24 in | 87.9°F | 67.0°F | 4.45 in |
| August | 87.4°F | 66.2°F | 3.59 in | 87.2°F | 65.6°F | 3.35 in |
| September | 81.0°F | 58.1°F | 3.65 in | 79.9°F | 57.5°F | 4.15 in |
| October | 69.5°F | 46.3°F | 3.39 in | 68.6°F | 46.0°F | 3.50 in |
| November | 55.1°F | 35.5°F | 3.72 in | 55.8°F | 34.4°F | 3.64 in |
| December | 43.3°F | 26.3°F | 3.10 in | 45.6°F | 26.0°F | 2.81 in |
Cities that consider Carlyle their climate twin
These US cities have Carlyle in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Carlyle would feel familiar.
- Doolittle, MO (ranks Carlyle #1)
- St. James, MO (ranks Carlyle #1)
- Newburg, MO (ranks Carlyle #1)
- Rolla, MO (ranks Carlyle #1)
- Crocker, MO (ranks Carlyle #1)
- St. Robert, MO (ranks Carlyle #1)
- Richland, MO (ranks Carlyle #1)
- Waynesville, MO (ranks Carlyle #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 →