Climate twins of Savanna, IL

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

Top match: Fowler, IN

Month Savanna Fowler
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 30.7°F 10.9°F 1.66 in 31.6°F 15.4°F 2.24 in
February 35.3°F 14.3°F 1.83 in 36.2°F 18.1°F 1.86 in
March 47.5°F 25.7°F 2.51 in 47.8°F 27.5°F 2.65 in
April 60.6°F 35.8°F 3.90 in 61.3°F 37.6°F 3.91 in
May 72.3°F 47.3°F 4.57 in 72.7°F 49.8°F 4.57 in
June 81.7°F 57.0°F 5.49 in 80.8°F 59.5°F 5.21 in
July 84.9°F 60.4°F 4.89 in 83.1°F 61.7°F 4.87 in
August 83.3°F 58.1°F 3.91 in 81.6°F 59.3°F 3.24 in
September 76.9°F 49.6°F 3.71 in 77.3°F 51.3°F 3.39 in
October 63.9°F 38.3°F 3.02 in 64.7°F 40.3°F 3.17 in
November 48.5°F 27.4°F 2.60 in 49.2°F 30.1°F 2.98 in
December 35.8°F 17.1°F 2.21 in 36.7°F 20.8°F 2.15 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 →