Climate twins of Blakeslee, OH

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Blakeslee'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: Blakeslee vs its climate twin

Top match: Smithville, OH

Month Blakeslee Smithville
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 31.5°F 16.6°F 2.42 in 33.9°F 18.0°F 2.43 in
February 34.7°F 18.2°F 2.18 in 36.8°F 19.9°F 1.86 in
March 45.4°F 26.4°F 2.63 in 46.6°F 27.8°F 2.84 in
April 58.8°F 36.6°F 3.57 in 60.0°F 37.6°F 3.58 in
May 70.3°F 48.1°F 4.32 in 70.9°F 48.1°F 3.84 in
June 79.7°F 58.1°F 3.77 in 78.8°F 57.4°F 4.01 in
July 83.4°F 61.5°F 3.50 in 82.4°F 60.5°F 3.72 in
August 81.3°F 59.7°F 4.13 in 80.2°F 58.0°F 3.48 in
September 75.1°F 52.1°F 3.11 in 74.4°F 50.4°F 3.23 in
October 62.4°F 40.9°F 2.79 in 63.0°F 40.5°F 2.92 in
November 47.5°F 31.2°F 3.08 in 49.3°F 31.7°F 2.55 in
December 36.3°F 22.9°F 2.42 in 38.4°F 24.3°F 2.40 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 →