Climate twins of Colfax, IL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Colfax'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: Colfax vs its climate twin
Top match: Latty, OH
| Month | Colfax | Latty | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 31.7°F | 15.2°F | 2.17 in | 32.5°F | 16.8°F | 2.43 in |
| February | 36.5°F | 18.8°F | 1.59 in | 36.0°F | 18.6°F | 2.03 in |
| March | 49.2°F | 28.8°F | 2.68 in | 47.1°F | 27.2°F | 2.56 in |
| April | 62.4°F | 39.1°F | 3.57 in | 60.7°F | 37.3°F | 3.47 in |
| May | 73.4°F | 50.6°F | 4.52 in | 72.3°F | 49.1°F | 4.44 in |
| June | 81.7°F | 59.9°F | 3.81 in | 81.4°F | 59.7°F | 4.01 in |
| July | 83.9°F | 63.0°F | 3.74 in | 85.1°F | 62.4°F | 3.64 in |
| August | 82.3°F | 60.7°F | 3.17 in | 83.0°F | 60.0°F | 3.62 in |
| September | 77.1°F | 53.3°F | 3.13 in | 77.5°F | 52.9°F | 2.92 in |
| October | 64.4°F | 42.4°F | 3.23 in | 64.6°F | 41.6°F | 2.80 in |
| November | 48.9°F | 31.0°F | 2.63 in | 49.7°F | 31.7°F | 2.78 in |
| December | 36.7°F | 21.3°F | 2.03 in | 37.8°F | 22.9°F | 2.30 in |
Cities that consider Colfax their climate twin
These US cities have Colfax in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Colfax would feel familiar.
- Hicksville, OH (ranks Colfax #2)
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 →