Climate twins of Lincolnwood, IL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lincolnwood'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: Lincolnwood vs its climate twin
Top match: Wolcottville, IN
| Month | Lincolnwood | Wolcottville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.3°F | 16.3°F | 2.10 in | 30.9°F | 16.5°F | 2.70 in |
| February | 36.0°F | 19.1°F | 1.98 in | 34.4°F | 18.3°F | 1.91 in |
| March | 45.8°F | 28.2°F | 2.26 in | 45.4°F | 27.1°F | 2.52 in |
| April | 56.8°F | 37.6°F | 4.00 in | 59.0°F | 38.0°F | 3.64 in |
| May | 68.2°F | 47.6°F | 4.84 in | 70.1°F | 49.3°F | 4.27 in |
| June | 78.4°F | 57.3°F | 4.31 in | 79.5°F | 58.4°F | 4.06 in |
| July | 83.5°F | 63.4°F | 3.74 in | 82.9°F | 61.6°F | 3.39 in |
| August | 82.0°F | 62.3°F | 4.16 in | 80.8°F | 60.3°F | 4.21 in |
| September | 75.2°F | 54.7°F | 3.56 in | 75.1°F | 52.8°F | 3.14 in |
| October | 62.8°F | 42.7°F | 3.59 in | 61.8°F | 42.5°F | 3.36 in |
| November | 49.0°F | 32.5°F | 2.63 in | 47.9°F | 31.1°F | 3.04 in |
| December | 37.5°F | 22.3°F | 2.34 in | 36.1°F | 22.7°F | 2.27 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 →