Climate twins of Cary, IL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cary'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: Cary vs its climate twin
Top match: Maquoketa, IA
| Month | Cary | Maquoketa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 30.6°F | 12.9°F | 1.65 in | 26.7°F | 11.4°F | 1.32 in |
| February | 34.6°F | 16.2°F | 1.56 in | 31.2°F | 15.1°F | 1.65 in |
| March | 46.0°F | 25.9°F | 2.21 in | 44.5°F | 26.4°F | 2.22 in |
| April | 58.8°F | 36.6°F | 3.63 in | 58.6°F | 37.0°F | 3.44 in |
| May | 70.4°F | 47.2°F | 4.47 in | 70.3°F | 49.3°F | 4.21 in |
| June | 80.2°F | 57.0°F | 4.81 in | 79.4°F | 59.8°F | 5.09 in |
| July | 84.2°F | 61.5°F | 3.80 in | 82.2°F | 62.9°F | 4.15 in |
| August | 82.3°F | 59.7°F | 3.70 in | 80.6°F | 60.6°F | 4.18 in |
| September | 75.7°F | 51.4°F | 3.61 in | 74.8°F | 51.6°F | 3.64 in |
| October | 63.0°F | 39.6°F | 3.21 in | 61.7°F | 39.8°F | 2.93 in |
| November | 48.1°F | 29.4°F | 2.38 in | 46.1°F | 28.3°F | 2.08 in |
| December | 35.9°F | 19.3°F | 1.94 in | 32.5°F | 18.0°F | 1.78 in |
Cities that consider Cary their climate twin
These US cities have Cary in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Cary would feel familiar.
- Preston, IA (ranks Cary #3)
- Bellevue, IA (ranks Cary #3)
- Springbrook, IA (ranks Cary #3)
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 →