Climate twins of Carbondale, PA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Carbondale'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: Carbondale vs its climate twin
Top match: Bradford, PA
| Month | Carbondale | Bradford | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 29.0°F | 11.9°F | 3.50 in | 30.6°F | 12.9°F | 3.84 in |
| February | 31.6°F | 12.5°F | 3.02 in | 33.2°F | 13.1°F | 2.84 in |
| March | 39.6°F | 19.9°F | 3.57 in | 42.2°F | 20.7°F | 3.33 in |
| April | 53.0°F | 31.0°F | 4.22 in | 56.0°F | 31.7°F | 4.20 in |
| May | 65.1°F | 42.5°F | 4.91 in | 67.8°F | 42.4°F | 4.50 in |
| June | 72.9°F | 51.5°F | 4.96 in | 75.5°F | 51.3°F | 4.79 in |
| July | 77.3°F | 56.0°F | 5.01 in | 79.1°F | 55.1°F | 4.95 in |
| August | 75.6°F | 54.5°F | 4.50 in | 77.6°F | 53.8°F | 4.56 in |
| September | 69.0°F | 47.1°F | 4.98 in | 71.0°F | 47.1°F | 4.19 in |
| October | 56.9°F | 36.3°F | 4.97 in | 58.9°F | 36.6°F | 4.38 in |
| November | 44.7°F | 26.9°F | 3.83 in | 46.3°F | 28.0°F | 3.91 in |
| December | 33.9°F | 18.6°F | 3.97 in | 35.2°F | 19.8°F | 4.08 in |
Cities that consider Carbondale their climate twin
These US cities have Carbondale in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Carbondale would feel familiar.
- Jacksonville, VT (ranks Carbondale #1)
- Lyons Falls, NY (ranks Carbondale #3)
- Turin, NY (ranks Carbondale #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 →