Climate twins of Shelbyville, IL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Shelbyville'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: Shelbyville vs its climate twin
Top match: Foristell, MO
| Month | Shelbyville | Foristell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 35.9°F | 19.2°F | 2.60 in | 38.9°F | 19.6°F | 2.35 in |
| February | 41.1°F | 22.9°F | 2.07 in | 44.3°F | 23.1°F | 2.18 in |
| March | 51.9°F | 32.1°F | 2.71 in | 54.9°F | 32.9°F | 2.64 in |
| April | 64.0°F | 43.1°F | 4.33 in | 66.4°F | 43.4°F | 4.63 in |
| May | 73.7°F | 54.3°F | 4.65 in | 75.1°F | 52.9°F | 5.12 in |
| June | 82.5°F | 63.4°F | 4.68 in | 83.7°F | 62.8°F | 4.51 in |
| July | 86.0°F | 66.6°F | 4.06 in | 87.8°F | 66.4°F | 3.93 in |
| August | 84.9°F | 64.6°F | 3.41 in | 86.5°F | 64.5°F | 3.54 in |
| September | 79.6°F | 56.6°F | 3.06 in | 79.7°F | 56.1°F | 3.48 in |
| October | 67.1°F | 44.8°F | 3.57 in | 68.0°F | 44.6°F | 3.23 in |
| November | 52.3°F | 33.5°F | 3.71 in | 54.5°F | 34.1°F | 3.46 in |
| December | 40.6°F | 24.7°F | 2.59 in | 43.0°F | 25.1°F | 2.40 in |
Cities that consider Shelbyville their climate twin
These US cities have Shelbyville in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Shelbyville would feel familiar.
- Flint Hill, MO (ranks Shelbyville #2)
- Moscow Mills, MO (ranks Shelbyville #2)
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 →