Climate twins of Goreville, IL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Goreville'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: Goreville vs its climate twin
Top match: Salesville, AR
| Month | Goreville | Salesville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 45.2°F | 25.4°F | 3.53 in | 45.8°F | 26.1°F | 3.30 in |
| February | 50.0°F | 29.1°F | 3.40 in | 50.8°F | 29.3°F | 3.26 in |
| March | 60.8°F | 37.0°F | 4.82 in | 59.8°F | 37.3°F | 5.03 in |
| April | 71.4°F | 46.4°F | 5.63 in | 69.7°F | 46.4°F | 5.60 in |
| May | 79.0°F | 56.1°F | 5.93 in | 76.9°F | 55.6°F | 5.68 in |
| June | 87.0°F | 64.7°F | 4.95 in | 85.0°F | 64.7°F | 3.88 in |
| July | 89.7°F | 68.7°F | 3.70 in | 89.4°F | 68.8°F | 4.15 in |
| August | 89.4°F | 67.0°F | 3.15 in | 89.1°F | 67.5°F | 3.74 in |
| September | 83.5°F | 59.2°F | 3.49 in | 82.0°F | 59.7°F | 3.66 in |
| October | 72.7°F | 47.5°F | 3.89 in | 71.3°F | 48.0°F | 3.99 in |
| November | 59.0°F | 37.0°F | 4.54 in | 58.9°F | 37.4°F | 4.80 in |
| December | 48.0°F | 29.7°F | 4.10 in | 48.5°F | 29.3°F | 3.77 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 →