Climate twins of Sicily Island, LA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Sicily Island'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: Sicily Island vs its climate twin
Top match: Columbus, MS
| Month | Sicily Island | Columbus | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 57.4°F | 36.9°F | 5.55 in | 55.8°F | 35.8°F | 5.45 in |
| February | 61.6°F | 40.3°F | 5.37 in | 61.2°F | 39.2°F | 5.69 in |
| March | 69.1°F | 47.1°F | 5.28 in | 69.7°F | 46.3°F | 5.32 in |
| April | 76.6°F | 54.8°F | 6.25 in | 77.6°F | 53.3°F | 5.81 in |
| May | 84.5°F | 63.9°F | 4.62 in | 84.9°F | 61.5°F | 4.02 in |
| June | 90.5°F | 70.5°F | 4.22 in | 90.9°F | 69.4°F | 4.40 in |
| July | 93.2°F | 73.0°F | 4.50 in | 93.8°F | 72.7°F | 4.68 in |
| August | 93.6°F | 71.8°F | 4.31 in | 93.4°F | 71.9°F | 4.50 in |
| September | 89.2°F | 66.0°F | 3.60 in | 88.4°F | 65.6°F | 3.20 in |
| October | 79.7°F | 54.2°F | 4.68 in | 78.3°F | 54.0°F | 3.63 in |
| November | 68.4°F | 44.8°F | 4.43 in | 66.5°F | 42.7°F | 4.35 in |
| December | 60.0°F | 39.4°F | 5.46 in | 58.1°F | 38.1°F | 5.59 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 →