Climate twins of Hillcrest Heights, FL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hillcrest Heights'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: Hillcrest Heights vs its climate twin
Top match: Lake Butler, FL
| Month | Hillcrest Heights | Lake Butler | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 74.7°F | 50.0°F | 2.64 in | 68.3°F | 45.3°F | 3.96 in |
| February | 77.9°F | 52.8°F | 2.19 in | 71.1°F | 47.4°F | 3.02 in |
| March | 81.6°F | 55.9°F | 2.76 in | 76.3°F | 52.1°F | 3.14 in |
| April | 86.1°F | 60.8°F | 2.42 in | 81.9°F | 58.0°F | 2.60 in |
| May | 90.4°F | 66.4°F | 3.56 in | 87.4°F | 65.6°F | 3.70 in |
| June | 92.4°F | 71.1°F | 8.92 in | 91.8°F | 72.5°F | 8.17 in |
| July | 93.2°F | 72.5°F | 7.81 in | 92.4°F | 74.2°F | 7.13 in |
| August | 93.2°F | 73.0°F | 8.06 in | 92.0°F | 73.7°F | 6.42 in |
| September | 91.1°F | 71.6°F | 6.89 in | 89.1°F | 71.3°F | 5.90 in |
| October | 86.2°F | 65.7°F | 3.25 in | 83.0°F | 62.4°F | 4.34 in |
| November | 80.1°F | 57.7°F | 1.82 in | 76.3°F | 52.7°F | 2.27 in |
| December | 76.0°F | 53.1°F | 2.45 in | 70.9°F | 47.1°F | 2.70 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 →