Climate twins of Towanda, IL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Towanda'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: Towanda vs its climate twin
Top match: Zanesville, IN
| Month | Towanda | Zanesville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 33.4°F | 15.6°F | 2.43 in | 32.6°F | 18.4°F | 2.54 in |
| February | 38.2°F | 18.9°F | 1.99 in | 36.5°F | 21.0°F | 2.06 in |
| March | 49.8°F | 27.8°F | 2.61 in | 47.8°F | 29.4°F | 2.81 in |
| April | 62.8°F | 37.9°F | 3.72 in | 60.9°F | 39.4°F | 3.74 in |
| May | 74.0°F | 49.8°F | 4.81 in | 72.2°F | 50.4°F | 4.58 in |
| June | 83.3°F | 59.9°F | 4.08 in | 81.0°F | 60.3°F | 4.48 in |
| July | 86.0°F | 63.0°F | 4.12 in | 84.1°F | 63.5°F | 4.05 in |
| August | 84.4°F | 60.8°F | 3.83 in | 82.0°F | 61.2°F | 3.80 in |
| September | 78.8°F | 53.0°F | 3.22 in | 76.1°F | 53.4°F | 3.04 in |
| October | 65.6°F | 41.8°F | 3.48 in | 63.7°F | 42.8°F | 2.95 in |
| November | 50.2°F | 30.7°F | 2.80 in | 49.4°F | 32.8°F | 2.96 in |
| December | 38.3°F | 21.4°F | 2.30 in | 37.5°F | 24.2°F | 2.47 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 →