Climate twins of Minonk, IL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Minonk'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: Minonk vs its climate twin
Top match: Mediapolis, IA
| Month | Minonk | Mediapolis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.8°F | 15.2°F | 1.99 in | 32.2°F | 15.9°F | 1.39 in |
| February | 37.5°F | 18.8°F | 1.84 in | 36.6°F | 19.9°F | 1.69 in |
| March | 49.6°F | 28.6°F | 2.51 in | 49.0°F | 30.3°F | 2.35 in |
| April | 62.7°F | 38.8°F | 3.66 in | 62.3°F | 41.8°F | 3.77 in |
| May | 74.2°F | 50.8°F | 4.60 in | 72.7°F | 53.1°F | 5.02 in |
| June | 83.1°F | 60.6°F | 3.98 in | 82.1°F | 63.1°F | 4.66 in |
| July | 86.1°F | 63.9°F | 3.82 in | 85.5°F | 66.9°F | 4.03 in |
| August | 84.3°F | 61.7°F | 3.48 in | 83.8°F | 64.8°F | 3.60 in |
| September | 79.0°F | 53.7°F | 3.87 in | 77.5°F | 56.3°F | 3.62 in |
| October | 66.0°F | 42.0°F | 3.08 in | 64.8°F | 44.5°F | 2.80 in |
| November | 50.6°F | 31.0°F | 2.61 in | 49.9°F | 32.5°F | 2.45 in |
| December | 38.1°F | 21.1°F | 2.21 in | 37.4°F | 22.1°F | 1.81 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 →