Climate twins of Ludlow, IL

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Ludlow'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: Ludlow vs its climate twin

Top match: Zanesville, IN

Month Ludlow Zanesville
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 32.1°F 15.4°F 2.03 in 32.6°F 18.4°F 2.54 in
February 36.8°F 19.2°F 1.92 in 36.5°F 21.0°F 2.06 in
March 48.6°F 28.6°F 2.61 in 47.8°F 29.4°F 2.81 in
April 62.1°F 38.7°F 3.73 in 60.9°F 39.4°F 3.74 in
May 73.2°F 51.0°F 4.51 in 72.2°F 50.4°F 4.58 in
June 81.5°F 60.2°F 4.32 in 81.0°F 60.3°F 4.48 in
July 84.1°F 62.4°F 4.00 in 84.1°F 63.5°F 4.05 in
August 83.0°F 59.9°F 3.47 in 82.0°F 61.2°F 3.80 in
September 78.7°F 52.2°F 3.00 in 76.1°F 53.4°F 3.04 in
October 65.3°F 41.0°F 3.25 in 63.7°F 42.8°F 2.95 in
November 49.6°F 30.6°F 2.87 in 49.4°F 32.8°F 2.96 in
December 37.2°F 21.4°F 2.17 in 37.5°F 24.2°F 2.47 in

Cities that consider Ludlow their climate twin

These US cities have Ludlow in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Ludlow would feel familiar.

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 →