Climate twins of Riley, IN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Riley'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: Riley vs its climate twin
Top match: Hillview, IL
| Month | Riley | Hillview | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 36.7°F | 20.7°F | 2.60 in | 35.4°F | 18.4°F | 2.06 in |
| February | 41.6°F | 24.1°F | 2.02 in | 40.5°F | 21.9°F | 2.05 in |
| March | 52.8°F | 32.8°F | 2.92 in | 51.7°F | 31.5°F | 2.91 in |
| April | 64.9°F | 42.9°F | 4.71 in | 64.1°F | 41.9°F | 4.41 in |
| May | 74.6°F | 53.4°F | 4.71 in | 73.9°F | 53.2°F | 4.81 in |
| June | 83.3°F | 62.2°F | 4.64 in | 82.5°F | 62.3°F | 4.67 in |
| July | 85.9°F | 64.8°F | 4.34 in | 85.6°F | 65.7°F | 3.87 in |
| August | 84.6°F | 62.5°F | 2.99 in | 84.4°F | 63.6°F | 3.35 in |
| September | 79.0°F | 54.2°F | 2.93 in | 78.9°F | 55.1°F | 2.99 in |
| October | 66.7°F | 43.0°F | 3.44 in | 66.8°F | 43.4°F | 3.02 in |
| November | 52.6°F | 33.7°F | 3.05 in | 52.3°F | 32.6°F | 3.11 in |
| December | 41.1°F | 25.9°F | 2.49 in | 40.5°F | 23.7°F | 2.33 in |
Cities that consider Riley their climate twin
These US cities have Riley in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Riley would feel familiar.
- Roodhouse, IL (ranks Riley #1)
- White Hall, IL (ranks Riley #1)
- Manchester, IL (ranks Riley #1)
- Pearl, IL (ranks Riley #3)
- Eldred, IL (ranks Riley #2)
- Hillview, IL (ranks Riley #1)
- Carrollton, IL (ranks Riley #1)
- Wilmington, IL (ranks Riley #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 →