Climate twins of Altoona, PA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Altoona'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: Altoona vs its climate twin
Top match: Streetsboro, OH
| Month | Altoona | Streetsboro | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 33.8°F | 18.8°F | 2.94 in | 33.9°F | 17.0°F | 3.07 in |
| February | 37.1°F | 20.4°F | 2.65 in | 37.0°F | 17.0°F | 2.52 in |
| March | 46.0°F | 27.8°F | 3.49 in | 45.6°F | 24.6°F | 3.20 in |
| April | 59.6°F | 38.5°F | 3.78 in | 58.5°F | 35.6°F | 3.72 in |
| May | 69.5°F | 48.6°F | 4.41 in | 71.1°F | 46.9°F | 4.17 in |
| June | 77.3°F | 57.0°F | 4.24 in | 80.8°F | 56.4°F | 4.43 in |
| July | 81.4°F | 61.3°F | 4.18 in | 84.5°F | 60.1°F | 4.51 in |
| August | 79.8°F | 60.0°F | 3.86 in | 81.5°F | 57.7°F | 3.68 in |
| September | 72.6°F | 53.2°F | 4.33 in | 74.5°F | 50.9°F | 4.19 in |
| October | 61.3°F | 42.0°F | 3.84 in | 62.5°F | 40.0°F | 3.49 in |
| November | 48.8°F | 32.6°F | 3.63 in | 49.3°F | 30.7°F | 2.98 in |
| December | 38.1°F | 24.3°F | 3.37 in | 39.3°F | 23.4°F | 3.11 in |
Cities that consider Altoona their climate twin
These US cities have Altoona in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Altoona would feel familiar.
- Streetsboro, OH (ranks Altoona #2)
- Sugar Bush Knolls, OH (ranks Altoona #2)
- Kent, OH (ranks Altoona #2)
- Ravenna, OH (ranks Altoona #2)
- Hiram, OH (ranks Altoona #3)
- Garrettsville, OH (ranks Altoona #3)
- West Farmington, OH (ranks Altoona #3)
- Windham, OH (ranks Altoona #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 →