Climate twins of Risingsun, OH
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Risingsun'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: Risingsun vs its climate twin
Top match: Millersburg, IN
| Month | Risingsun | Millersburg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.6°F | 19.2°F | 2.26 in | 31.9°F | 18.1°F | 1.73 in |
| February | 35.7°F | 21.0°F | 2.01 in | 35.4°F | 20.3°F | 1.59 in |
| March | 46.0°F | 28.6°F | 2.21 in | 47.0°F | 28.5°F | 2.02 in |
| April | 59.5°F | 38.5°F | 3.40 in | 59.9°F | 38.3°F | 3.39 in |
| May | 71.2°F | 50.3°F | 3.99 in | 70.9°F | 49.6°F | 4.20 in |
| June | 80.7°F | 60.8°F | 3.60 in | 80.1°F | 59.6°F | 3.47 in |
| July | 84.2°F | 63.8°F | 3.53 in | 83.2°F | 62.3°F | 3.67 in |
| August | 82.1°F | 61.8°F | 3.79 in | 81.3°F | 60.3°F | 3.97 in |
| September | 76.3°F | 54.3°F | 2.91 in | 75.2°F | 52.8°F | 2.87 in |
| October | 63.5°F | 43.6°F | 2.83 in | 62.4°F | 42.6°F | 2.98 in |
| November | 49.5°F | 33.4°F | 2.37 in | 48.3°F | 32.7°F | 2.83 in |
| December | 37.8°F | 25.1°F | 2.26 in | 36.6°F | 24.0°F | 1.87 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 →