Climate twins of Dunkirk, NY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Dunkirk'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: Dunkirk vs its climate twin
Top match: Weedsport, NY
| Month | Dunkirk | Weedsport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.7°F | 17.3°F | 3.35 in | 31.3°F | 15.4°F | 2.93 in |
| February | 34.4°F | 16.9°F | 2.57 in | 33.4°F | 16.0°F | 2.48 in |
| March | 42.1°F | 24.1°F | 3.01 in | 41.6°F | 22.7°F | 3.23 in |
| April | 54.2°F | 34.3°F | 3.83 in | 55.2°F | 34.0°F | 3.68 in |
| May | 67.2°F | 46.4°F | 3.99 in | 68.6°F | 45.2°F | 3.77 in |
| June | 76.9°F | 56.9°F | 4.18 in | 76.9°F | 55.4°F | 4.10 in |
| July | 80.4°F | 61.3°F | 4.64 in | 81.1°F | 60.4°F | 4.31 in |
| August | 79.1°F | 59.8°F | 3.88 in | 79.7°F | 58.5°F | 4.26 in |
| September | 73.0°F | 52.5°F | 4.37 in | 72.4°F | 51.5°F | 3.87 in |
| October | 60.9°F | 43.6°F | 4.78 in | 59.4°F | 41.2°F | 4.47 in |
| November | 48.6°F | 34.1°F | 4.06 in | 47.5°F | 31.6°F | 3.59 in |
| December | 38.0°F | 25.8°F | 4.15 in | 36.8°F | 23.1°F | 3.57 in |
Cities that consider Dunkirk their climate twin
These US cities have Dunkirk in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Dunkirk would feel familiar.
- Laconia, NH (ranks Dunkirk #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 →