Climate twins of Mediapolis, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Mediapolis'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: Mediapolis vs its climate twin
Top match: Carlock, IL
| Month | Mediapolis | Carlock | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.2°F | 15.9°F | 1.39 in | 33.2°F | 17.1°F | 2.05 in |
| February | 36.6°F | 19.9°F | 1.69 in | 38.0°F | 20.7°F | 1.76 in |
| March | 49.0°F | 30.3°F | 2.35 in | 50.4°F | 31.0°F | 2.44 in |
| April | 62.3°F | 41.8°F | 3.77 in | 63.2°F | 40.7°F | 3.77 in |
| May | 72.7°F | 53.1°F | 5.02 in | 73.6°F | 51.9°F | 4.77 in |
| June | 82.1°F | 63.1°F | 4.66 in | 82.6°F | 61.2°F | 4.05 in |
| July | 85.5°F | 66.9°F | 4.03 in | 85.5°F | 64.8°F | 3.86 in |
| August | 83.8°F | 64.8°F | 3.60 in | 84.3°F | 62.5°F | 3.74 in |
| September | 77.5°F | 56.3°F | 3.62 in | 79.7°F | 54.5°F | 3.21 in |
| October | 64.8°F | 44.5°F | 2.80 in | 66.8°F | 42.5°F | 3.14 in |
| November | 49.9°F | 32.5°F | 2.45 in | 51.1°F | 32.4°F | 2.64 in |
| December | 37.4°F | 22.1°F | 1.81 in | 38.6°F | 22.8°F | 2.04 in |
Cities that consider Mediapolis their climate twin
These US cities have Mediapolis in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Mediapolis would feel familiar.
- Dana, IL (ranks Mediapolis #1)
- Minonk, IL (ranks Mediapolis #1)
- Panola, IL (ranks Mediapolis #1)
- Rutland, IL (ranks Mediapolis #1)
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 →