Climate twins of Alfred, NY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Alfred'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: Alfred vs its climate twin
Top match: Richmondville, NY
| Month | Alfred | Richmondville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 31.8°F | 11.8°F | 2.37 in | 30.5°F | 11.6°F | 2.45 in |
| February | 34.7°F | 12.5°F | 1.73 in | 32.7°F | 12.9°F | 2.15 in |
| March | 43.4°F | 19.7°F | 2.49 in | 40.9°F | 20.5°F | 3.08 in |
| April | 56.2°F | 30.0°F | 3.16 in | 54.5°F | 32.5°F | 3.36 in |
| May | 68.9°F | 41.0°F | 3.35 in | 66.6°F | 44.2°F | 3.66 in |
| June | 76.5°F | 50.1°F | 3.85 in | 75.0°F | 53.6°F | 4.24 in |
| July | 80.5°F | 54.0°F | 3.81 in | 79.5°F | 58.3°F | 4.15 in |
| August | 78.6°F | 52.4°F | 3.81 in | 77.9°F | 56.5°F | 4.26 in |
| September | 71.2°F | 45.5°F | 3.74 in | 71.2°F | 48.6°F | 3.59 in |
| October | 59.6°F | 35.8°F | 3.68 in | 58.5°F | 38.1°F | 3.93 in |
| November | 46.7°F | 26.6°F | 2.82 in | 46.4°F | 28.5°F | 2.75 in |
| December | 36.4°F | 19.4°F | 2.89 in | 35.8°F | 19.5°F | 3.07 in |
Cities that consider Alfred their climate twin
These US cities have Alfred in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Alfred would feel familiar.
- Village of Clarkston, MI (ranks Alfred #3)
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 →