Climate twins of Wheeler, IL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Wheeler'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: Wheeler vs its climate twin
Top match: Elizabethtown, IN
| Month | Wheeler | Elizabethtown | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 37.3°F | 21.7°F | 3.22 in | 38.6°F | 21.5°F | 3.42 in |
| February | 42.2°F | 25.3°F | 2.61 in | 42.9°F | 23.7°F | 2.91 in |
| March | 52.8°F | 34.1°F | 3.73 in | 53.5°F | 31.9°F | 3.78 in |
| April | 64.8°F | 44.2°F | 5.01 in | 65.6°F | 42.2°F | 5.00 in |
| May | 74.5°F | 54.6°F | 4.79 in | 74.9°F | 53.0°F | 4.99 in |
| June | 83.5°F | 63.8°F | 5.28 in | 83.1°F | 62.2°F | 5.31 in |
| July | 86.4°F | 66.8°F | 4.23 in | 86.1°F | 65.4°F | 4.54 in |
| August | 85.1°F | 64.8°F | 3.06 in | 85.4°F | 63.3°F | 3.48 in |
| September | 79.5°F | 56.8°F | 3.26 in | 79.7°F | 55.4°F | 3.21 in |
| October | 67.6°F | 45.5°F | 3.84 in | 68.0°F | 43.6°F | 3.39 in |
| November | 53.1°F | 34.7°F | 3.86 in | 54.4°F | 33.8°F | 3.60 in |
| December | 41.6°F | 26.7°F | 3.14 in | 42.9°F | 26.2°F | 3.71 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 →