Climate twins of Galesburg, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Galesburg'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: Galesburg vs its climate twin
Top match: Rochester, OH
| Month | Galesburg | Rochester | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.0°F | 18.8°F | 2.95 in | 33.8°F | 18.0°F | 2.88 in |
| February | 35.6°F | 19.8°F | 1.93 in | 36.9°F | 19.5°F | 2.41 in |
| March | 47.5°F | 28.3°F | 2.26 in | 45.9°F | 28.1°F | 2.92 in |
| April | 60.8°F | 38.0°F | 3.57 in | 59.3°F | 37.9°F | 3.68 in |
| May | 72.4°F | 49.1°F | 3.93 in | 70.9°F | 48.7°F | 3.83 in |
| June | 81.4°F | 58.2°F | 3.95 in | 79.6°F | 58.1°F | 4.06 in |
| July | 84.7°F | 61.8°F | 3.83 in | 83.1°F | 62.2°F | 3.87 in |
| August | 82.3°F | 60.6°F | 4.18 in | 81.3°F | 59.9°F | 3.59 in |
| September | 75.6°F | 53.1°F | 3.48 in | 75.3°F | 52.4°F | 3.70 in |
| October | 62.9°F | 43.4°F | 3.95 in | 63.1°F | 41.9°F | 3.38 in |
| November | 48.4°F | 33.9°F | 2.94 in | 49.6°F | 32.6°F | 2.96 in |
| December | 36.7°F | 24.5°F | 2.52 in | 38.7°F | 24.4°F | 2.69 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 →