Climate twins of Media, IL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Media'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: Media vs its climate twin
Top match: Pleasanton, IA
| Month | Media | Pleasanton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.2°F | 15.9°F | 1.39 in | 33.1°F | 15.6°F | 1.04 in |
| February | 36.6°F | 19.9°F | 1.69 in | 38.1°F | 19.6°F | 1.35 in |
| March | 49.0°F | 30.3°F | 2.35 in | 50.8°F | 30.7°F | 2.20 in |
| April | 62.3°F | 41.8°F | 3.77 in | 62.5°F | 41.4°F | 4.25 in |
| May | 72.7°F | 53.1°F | 5.02 in | 72.0°F | 52.5°F | 5.14 in |
| June | 82.1°F | 63.1°F | 4.66 in | 81.5°F | 62.2°F | 4.81 in |
| July | 85.5°F | 66.9°F | 4.03 in | 85.4°F | 66.2°F | 4.11 in |
| August | 83.8°F | 64.8°F | 3.60 in | 83.8°F | 63.9°F | 4.38 in |
| September | 77.5°F | 56.3°F | 3.62 in | 76.5°F | 55.2°F | 3.71 in |
| October | 64.8°F | 44.5°F | 2.80 in | 64.0°F | 43.3°F | 2.82 in |
| November | 49.9°F | 32.5°F | 2.45 in | 49.7°F | 31.1°F | 2.09 in |
| December | 37.4°F | 22.1°F | 1.81 in | 37.7°F | 20.9°F | 1.48 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 →