Climate twins of Ransom, IL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Ransom'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: Ransom vs its climate twin
Top match: Pontoosuc, IL
| Month | Ransom | Pontoosuc | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 31.9°F | 15.9°F | 2.56 in | 32.8°F | 16.9°F | 1.69 in |
| February | 36.7°F | 19.3°F | 1.92 in | 37.5°F | 20.9°F | 1.93 in |
| March | 48.9°F | 29.3°F | 2.78 in | 49.9°F | 31.6°F | 2.72 in |
| April | 62.2°F | 40.3°F | 3.73 in | 62.2°F | 42.5°F | 3.97 in |
| May | 73.7°F | 51.6°F | 4.69 in | 72.3°F | 53.8°F | 5.11 in |
| June | 84.1°F | 62.2°F | 4.67 in | 81.5°F | 63.4°F | 5.16 in |
| July | 87.5°F | 65.5°F | 4.10 in | 85.1°F | 67.5°F | 4.06 in |
| August | 84.2°F | 63.5°F | 3.70 in | 83.8°F | 65.6°F | 3.80 in |
| September | 77.6°F | 55.2°F | 3.56 in | 77.1°F | 57.2°F | 3.51 in |
| October | 64.7°F | 43.8°F | 2.98 in | 64.2°F | 45.2°F | 3.06 in |
| November | 49.3°F | 32.2°F | 2.57 in | 49.7°F | 32.8°F | 2.43 in |
| December | 37.2°F | 22.2°F | 2.17 in | 37.6°F | 22.7°F | 1.92 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 →