Climate twins of Hills, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hills'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: Hills vs its climate twin
Top match: Cromwell, IA
| Month | Hills | Cromwell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 29.3°F | 11.6°F | 1.14 in | 30.5°F | 10.6°F | 1.04 in |
| February | 34.3°F | 15.5°F | 1.40 in | 35.1°F | 13.8°F | 1.46 in |
| March | 47.9°F | 26.6°F | 2.33 in | 48.7°F | 25.5°F | 2.53 in |
| April | 61.6°F | 37.1°F | 3.86 in | 61.2°F | 36.1°F | 3.74 in |
| May | 72.2°F | 48.9°F | 5.05 in | 71.3°F | 48.8°F | 5.15 in |
| June | 81.0°F | 59.0°F | 5.49 in | 80.9°F | 59.4°F | 5.17 in |
| July | 84.4°F | 62.5°F | 4.56 in | 84.7°F | 63.2°F | 4.46 in |
| August | 82.4°F | 60.2°F | 4.32 in | 83.0°F | 60.7°F | 4.23 in |
| September | 76.3°F | 51.6°F | 3.45 in | 76.4°F | 51.6°F | 3.70 in |
| October | 63.2°F | 39.9°F | 3.00 in | 64.1°F | 39.3°F | 2.79 in |
| November | 47.5°F | 27.6°F | 2.27 in | 48.4°F | 26.2°F | 2.14 in |
| December | 34.4°F | 17.5°F | 1.60 in | 35.7°F | 16.0°F | 1.48 in |
Cities that consider Hills their climate twin
These US cities have Hills in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Hills would feel familiar.
- Creston, IA (ranks Hills #3)
- Cromwell, IA (ranks Hills #3)
- Fraser, IA (ranks Hills #3)
- Boone, IA (ranks Hills #3)
- Beaver, IA (ranks Hills #3)
- Boxholm, IA (ranks Hills #3)
- Dayton, IA (ranks Hills #3)
- Ogden, IA (ranks Hills #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 →