Climate twins of East Rockaway, NY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches East Rockaway'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: East Rockaway vs its climate twin
Top match: Mount Airy, MD
| Month | East Rockaway | Mount Airy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 39.3°F | 26.0°F | 3.81 in | 39.1°F | 24.5°F | 3.41 in |
| February | 41.8°F | 26.7°F | 3.01 in | 42.6°F | 26.1°F | 2.98 in |
| March | 48.2°F | 32.7°F | 4.64 in | 51.6°F | 33.1°F | 4.04 in |
| April | 59.0°F | 41.4°F | 4.16 in | 63.9°F | 42.9°F | 3.62 in |
| May | 67.4°F | 51.2°F | 4.31 in | 72.5°F | 52.8°F | 4.35 in |
| June | 76.1°F | 60.8°F | 4.57 in | 80.2°F | 61.5°F | 4.67 in |
| July | 81.8°F | 67.1°F | 4.25 in | 84.3°F | 66.0°F | 4.49 in |
| August | 81.5°F | 66.5°F | 4.16 in | 82.6°F | 64.6°F | 4.18 in |
| September | 75.3°F | 59.5°F | 3.76 in | 75.7°F | 57.6°F | 4.76 in |
| October | 64.0°F | 48.4°F | 4.30 in | 64.5°F | 46.5°F | 4.01 in |
| November | 53.7°F | 38.5°F | 3.57 in | 53.3°F | 36.4°F | 3.49 in |
| December | 44.4°F | 31.3°F | 4.10 in | 43.5°F | 29.5°F | 3.89 in |
Cities that consider East Rockaway their climate twin
These US cities have East Rockaway in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, East Rockaway would feel familiar.
- Cranston, RI (ranks East Rockaway #3)
- Warwick, RI (ranks East Rockaway #3)
- Newport, RI (ranks East Rockaway #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 →