Climate twins of Dowell, IL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Dowell'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: Dowell vs its climate twin
Top match: Washington, IN
| Month | Dowell | Washington | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 40.4°F | 23.9°F | 3.16 in | 40.4°F | 23.9°F | 3.59 in |
| February | 45.7°F | 27.7°F | 2.90 in | 45.6°F | 27.5°F | 2.88 in |
| March | 55.9°F | 36.1°F | 4.39 in | 56.5°F | 35.8°F | 4.02 in |
| April | 67.5°F | 46.1°F | 5.35 in | 68.5°F | 45.4°F | 4.83 in |
| May | 76.1°F | 56.1°F | 5.51 in | 77.4°F | 56.0°F | 5.51 in |
| June | 84.4°F | 64.3°F | 4.79 in | 85.0°F | 63.9°F | 5.15 in |
| July | 87.2°F | 67.6°F | 3.94 in | 87.4°F | 66.8°F | 4.14 in |
| August | 86.4°F | 64.9°F | 3.30 in | 86.3°F | 65.1°F | 3.17 in |
| September | 80.0°F | 56.6°F | 3.40 in | 81.1°F | 57.6°F | 3.50 in |
| October | 69.0°F | 46.0°F | 3.66 in | 69.9°F | 46.9°F | 3.60 in |
| November | 55.0°F | 35.5°F | 4.07 in | 55.6°F | 36.4°F | 3.91 in |
| December | 44.4°F | 28.0°F | 3.24 in | 44.7°F | 28.4°F | 3.68 in |
Cities that consider Dowell their climate twin
These US cities have Dowell in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Dowell would feel familiar.
- Montgomery, IN (ranks Dowell #3)
- Cannelburg, IN (ranks Dowell #3)
- Washington, IN (ranks Dowell #3)
- Alfordsville, IN (ranks Dowell #3)
- Loogootee, IN (ranks Dowell #3)
- Shoals, IN (ranks Dowell #3)
- Eminence, MO (ranks Dowell #3)
- Newberry, IN (ranks Dowell #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 →