Climate twins of Wataga, IL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Wataga'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: Wataga vs its climate twin
Top match: Bussey, IA
| Month | Wataga | Bussey | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 30.0°F | 13.8°F | 1.69 in | 31.3°F | 13.2°F | 1.12 in |
| February | 34.7°F | 17.3°F | 1.87 in | 35.9°F | 16.8°F | 1.49 in |
| March | 48.0°F | 28.1°F | 2.39 in | 48.7°F | 28.0°F | 2.02 in |
| April | 61.3°F | 39.9°F | 3.83 in | 61.4°F | 38.8°F | 3.77 in |
| May | 72.0°F | 51.7°F | 5.27 in | 70.9°F | 50.5°F | 4.86 in |
| June | 81.2°F | 62.0°F | 4.58 in | 80.2°F | 60.6°F | 5.18 in |
| July | 84.0°F | 65.4°F | 4.04 in | 84.4°F | 64.6°F | 4.02 in |
| August | 82.3°F | 63.4°F | 3.89 in | 82.8°F | 62.4°F | 4.04 in |
| September | 76.2°F | 54.7°F | 3.85 in | 76.0°F | 53.5°F | 3.57 in |
| October | 63.0°F | 42.5°F | 2.82 in | 63.4°F | 41.8°F | 2.80 in |
| November | 48.0°F | 29.9°F | 2.60 in | 49.0°F | 29.5°F | 2.14 in |
| December | 35.4°F | 20.2°F | 2.14 in | 36.5°F | 19.3°F | 1.47 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 →