Climate twins of Crystal River, FL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Crystal River'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: Crystal River vs its climate twin
Top match: Moore Haven, FL
| Month | Crystal River | Moore Haven | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 69.3°F | 42.6°F | 2.97 in | 74.3°F | 50.1°F | 2.15 in |
| February | 72.3°F | 45.6°F | 2.69 in | 77.2°F | 52.2°F | 2.02 in |
| March | 76.8°F | 49.4°F | 3.29 in | 80.5°F | 54.6°F | 2.44 in |
| April | 82.0°F | 54.9°F | 2.69 in | 84.9°F | 59.7°F | 2.43 in |
| May | 87.9°F | 61.8°F | 3.09 in | 88.7°F | 64.6°F | 3.73 in |
| June | 90.1°F | 69.2°F | 8.13 in | 90.9°F | 69.4°F | 8.43 in |
| July | 90.6°F | 70.9°F | 7.80 in | 92.1°F | 71.0°F | 7.45 in |
| August | 90.4°F | 71.1°F | 8.69 in | 92.2°F | 71.7°F | 7.87 in |
| September | 88.8°F | 69.0°F | 5.81 in | 90.7°F | 71.1°F | 5.93 in |
| October | 83.7°F | 61.2°F | 2.92 in | 86.3°F | 66.2°F | 2.89 in |
| November | 76.9°F | 51.7°F | 1.83 in | 80.1°F | 58.9°F | 1.52 in |
| December | 72.4°F | 45.7°F | 2.48 in | 76.7°F | 53.6°F | 1.76 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 →