Climate twins of Ila, GA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Ila'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: Ila vs its climate twin
Top match: Ranburne, AL
| Month | Ila | Ranburne | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 52.4°F | 31.7°F | 4.72 in | 53.6°F | 31.6°F | 5.00 in |
| February | 56.3°F | 34.4°F | 4.66 in | 58.1°F | 34.5°F | 5.30 in |
| March | 64.0°F | 40.3°F | 4.54 in | 65.8°F | 40.5°F | 5.59 in |
| April | 72.1°F | 47.5°F | 3.63 in | 74.0°F | 47.9°F | 4.59 in |
| May | 79.4°F | 56.1°F | 3.81 in | 81.1°F | 56.8°F | 3.77 in |
| June | 86.2°F | 64.5°F | 4.27 in | 87.2°F | 65.3°F | 4.13 in |
| July | 89.3°F | 68.2°F | 4.28 in | 89.6°F | 69.0°F | 4.45 in |
| August | 88.1°F | 67.3°F | 4.23 in | 88.4°F | 68.3°F | 3.68 in |
| September | 82.4°F | 61.2°F | 4.36 in | 83.1°F | 61.9°F | 3.83 in |
| October | 72.8°F | 49.9°F | 3.58 in | 73.5°F | 49.7°F | 3.66 in |
| November | 63.0°F | 39.8°F | 4.18 in | 63.6°F | 38.9°F | 4.39 in |
| December | 54.9°F | 34.6°F | 4.94 in | 55.7°F | 34.2°F | 5.09 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 →