Climate twins of Athens, NY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Athens'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: Athens vs its climate twin
Top match: Sunbury, PA
| Month | Athens | Sunbury | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 35.4°F | 17.8°F | 2.68 in | 35.3°F | 18.9°F | 2.98 in |
| February | 38.4°F | 19.4°F | 2.59 in | 39.0°F | 20.6°F | 2.30 in |
| March | 48.3°F | 27.6°F | 3.30 in | 47.7°F | 27.4°F | 3.33 in |
| April | 62.9°F | 37.8°F | 3.61 in | 61.1°F | 37.2°F | 3.74 in |
| May | 73.8°F | 49.0°F | 3.48 in | 71.7°F | 47.2°F | 3.77 in |
| June | 81.2°F | 57.8°F | 4.96 in | 79.8°F | 56.8°F | 4.38 in |
| July | 85.4°F | 62.5°F | 3.93 in | 84.4°F | 60.3°F | 4.32 in |
| August | 83.1°F | 61.1°F | 4.46 in | 82.2°F | 59.2°F | 3.93 in |
| September | 75.4°F | 54.5°F | 4.28 in | 75.1°F | 51.2°F | 4.52 in |
| October | 63.8°F | 43.1°F | 4.20 in | 63.6°F | 40.4°F | 3.92 in |
| November | 51.1°F | 33.3°F | 3.00 in | 50.8°F | 31.8°F | 3.16 in |
| December | 39.9°F | 24.7°F | 3.61 in | 40.1°F | 24.6°F | 3.34 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 →