Climate twins of Cleveland, NY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cleveland'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: Cleveland vs its climate twin
Top match: Springville, NY
| Month | Cleveland | Springville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 28.6°F | 11.0°F | 3.86 in | 29.5°F | 15.8°F | 4.84 in |
| February | 30.5°F | 11.2°F | 3.35 in | 30.7°F | 15.6°F | 3.88 in |
| March | 39.4°F | 19.8°F | 3.34 in | 39.2°F | 22.5°F | 3.65 in |
| April | 53.7°F | 32.1°F | 4.09 in | 52.7°F | 33.7°F | 4.45 in |
| May | 67.4°F | 42.8°F | 4.32 in | 64.9°F | 45.9°F | 4.14 in |
| June | 75.5°F | 52.0°F | 4.41 in | 73.3°F | 55.0°F | 4.52 in |
| July | 80.6°F | 56.2°F | 4.49 in | 77.3°F | 59.3°F | 4.38 in |
| August | 79.1°F | 55.2°F | 4.02 in | 75.7°F | 57.7°F | 4.04 in |
| September | 72.5°F | 47.8°F | 4.28 in | 70.2°F | 51.3°F | 4.63 in |
| October | 59.4°F | 38.1°F | 5.07 in | 57.3°F | 40.9°F | 5.39 in |
| November | 46.3°F | 28.7°F | 4.44 in | 45.1°F | 31.7°F | 4.81 in |
| December | 34.6°F | 19.4°F | 4.26 in | 34.8°F | 22.6°F | 4.53 in |
Cities that consider Cleveland their climate twin
These US cities have Cleveland in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Cleveland would feel familiar.
- Hamburg, NY (ranks Cleveland #1)
- Springville, NY (ranks Cleveland #1)
- Corry, PA (ranks Cleveland #1)
- Sanford, ME (ranks Cleveland #2)
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 →