Climate twins of Paragon, IN

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

Top match: West Alexandria, OH

Month Paragon West Alexandria
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 36.3°F 18.9°F 3.16 in 35.4°F 17.4°F 3.13 in
February 40.8°F 21.3°F 2.43 in 39.6°F 19.3°F 2.56 in
March 51.4°F 29.2°F 3.55 in 50.2°F 28.2°F 3.58 in
April 63.3°F 39.7°F 4.83 in 63.2°F 38.2°F 4.53 in
May 72.8°F 50.4°F 4.97 in 73.2°F 49.3°F 4.80 in
June 80.7°F 59.7°F 5.31 in 81.7°F 58.6°F 4.64 in
July 83.9°F 62.7°F 4.08 in 84.9°F 61.8°F 4.28 in
August 83.3°F 60.5°F 3.44 in 84.0°F 59.8°F 3.01 in
September 77.7°F 52.9°F 3.52 in 78.6°F 52.5°F 3.04 in
October 65.8°F 40.7°F 3.47 in 66.0°F 40.9°F 3.19 in
November 52.4°F 31.5°F 3.61 in 52.1°F 30.7°F 3.16 in
December 41.1°F 24.1°F 3.12 in 40.5°F 22.9°F 3.19 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 →