Climate twins of East Dubuque, IL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches East Dubuque'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: East Dubuque vs its climate twin
Top match: Haverhill, IA
| Month | East Dubuque | Haverhill | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 27.5°F | 10.1°F | 1.32 in | 27.5°F | 9.0°F | 0.97 in |
| February | 32.2°F | 13.1°F | 1.44 in | 32.3°F | 13.0°F | 1.16 in |
| March | 44.7°F | 25.4°F | 2.10 in | 45.4°F | 24.9°F | 2.10 in |
| April | 58.5°F | 37.5°F | 3.77 in | 59.5°F | 35.9°F | 3.82 in |
| May | 70.9°F | 49.3°F | 4.44 in | 70.7°F | 48.5°F | 4.94 in |
| June | 80.9°F | 59.9°F | 5.64 in | 80.4°F | 59.2°F | 5.93 in |
| July | 84.5°F | 64.2°F | 5.32 in | 83.5°F | 62.7°F | 4.58 in |
| August | 82.1°F | 62.3°F | 3.75 in | 81.5°F | 59.7°F | 4.37 in |
| September | 75.0°F | 54.0°F | 3.88 in | 75.4°F | 50.6°F | 3.85 in |
| October | 61.4°F | 41.7°F | 3.08 in | 62.2°F | 38.6°F | 2.66 in |
| November | 45.7°F | 29.2°F | 2.35 in | 46.5°F | 26.3°F | 2.10 in |
| December | 32.9°F | 17.7°F | 1.74 in | 33.5°F | 15.6°F | 1.39 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 →