Climate twins of Elmira, NY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Elmira'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: Elmira vs its climate twin
Top match: Geneva-on-the-Lake, OH
| Month | Elmira | Geneva-on-the-Lake | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 33.7°F | 15.9°F | 2.12 in | 33.2°F | 19.1°F | 1.90 in |
| February | 36.3°F | 16.5°F | 1.86 in | 35.7°F | 19.3°F | 1.68 in |
| March | 44.8°F | 23.1°F | 2.73 in | 44.1°F | 26.4°F | 2.36 in |
| April | 58.5°F | 33.4°F | 3.26 in | 57.5°F | 36.3°F | 3.36 in |
| May | 71.1°F | 44.4°F | 3.10 in | 68.8°F | 46.4°F | 3.30 in |
| June | 79.2°F | 53.9°F | 4.19 in | 77.1°F | 55.4°F | 3.68 in |
| July | 83.7°F | 58.3°F | 4.05 in | 81.0°F | 59.8°F | 4.27 in |
| August | 82.1°F | 56.9°F | 3.82 in | 79.1°F | 58.3°F | 3.57 in |
| September | 74.9°F | 49.5°F | 4.09 in | 73.0°F | 51.7°F | 3.85 in |
| October | 61.7°F | 38.8°F | 3.53 in | 61.4°F | 42.3°F | 3.68 in |
| November | 48.8°F | 29.9°F | 2.73 in | 48.9°F | 33.7°F | 3.10 in |
| December | 38.5°F | 22.5°F | 2.59 in | 38.3°F | 25.8°F | 2.32 in |
Cities that consider Elmira their climate twin
These US cities have Elmira in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Elmira would feel familiar.
- Meadville, PA (ranks Elmira #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 →