Climate twins of Morrison, IL

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

Top match: Williamsburg, IA

Month Morrison Williamsburg
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 28.9°F 12.0°F 1.51 in 28.4°F 10.4°F 1.16 in
February 33.6°F 15.7°F 1.65 in 33.0°F 14.3°F 1.46 in
March 46.2°F 26.7°F 2.53 in 46.5°F 25.8°F 2.19 in
April 59.5°F 36.9°F 3.84 in 60.4°F 36.4°F 3.92 in
May 70.8°F 48.8°F 4.73 in 71.3°F 48.9°F 4.85 in
June 79.9°F 58.6°F 4.93 in 80.5°F 59.4°F 4.80 in
July 83.1°F 62.0°F 4.16 in 84.0°F 62.6°F 4.32 in
August 81.1°F 59.7°F 4.32 in 82.1°F 59.7°F 4.47 in
September 75.0°F 51.2°F 3.35 in 76.3°F 50.7°F 3.80 in
October 62.2°F 39.4°F 2.77 in 63.0°F 38.6°F 2.83 in
November 47.2°F 28.4°F 2.47 in 47.3°F 26.9°F 2.20 in
December 34.5°F 18.3°F 2.02 in 34.2°F 16.3°F 1.69 in

Cities that consider Morrison their climate twin

These US cities have Morrison in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Morrison 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 →