Climate twins of Chester, NY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Chester'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: Chester vs its climate twin
Top match: Webster, NY
| Month | Chester | Webster | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 34.6°F | 17.3°F | 2.44 in | 33.6°F | 17.4°F | 2.73 in |
| February | 37.8°F | 18.4°F | 2.44 in | 35.5°F | 17.6°F | 2.49 in |
| March | 46.7°F | 26.7°F | 3.25 in | 43.9°F | 25.1°F | 2.94 in |
| April | 59.9°F | 36.0°F | 3.50 in | 55.6°F | 35.2°F | 3.15 in |
| May | 70.5°F | 46.6°F | 3.35 in | 68.4°F | 46.5°F | 2.99 in |
| June | 78.9°F | 55.9°F | 4.33 in | 77.1°F | 56.3°F | 4.11 in |
| July | 83.6°F | 60.8°F | 3.30 in | 81.1°F | 61.0°F | 2.89 in |
| August | 81.5°F | 59.2°F | 4.40 in | 79.8°F | 60.5°F | 4.11 in |
| September | 74.1°F | 51.1°F | 3.89 in | 73.2°F | 53.4°F | 3.39 in |
| October | 62.3°F | 40.2°F | 3.68 in | 61.2°F | 42.3°F | 3.96 in |
| November | 50.4°F | 30.6°F | 3.04 in | 49.2°F | 32.4°F | 3.47 in |
| December | 39.4°F | 23.2°F | 3.37 in | 38.5°F | 23.8°F | 3.11 in |
Cities that consider Chester their climate twin
These US cities have Chester in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Chester would feel familiar.
- Webster, NY (ranks Chester #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 →