Climate twins of Elmsford, NY

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Elmsford'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: Elmsford vs its climate twin

Top match: Coatesville, PA

Month Elmsford Coatesville
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 39.8°F 23.1°F 3.87 in 38.5°F 21.9°F 4.05 in
February 42.9°F 24.5°F 3.30 in 41.5°F 23.2°F 3.34 in
March 50.7°F 31.0°F 4.37 in 50.3°F 30.5°F 4.80 in
April 62.8°F 40.1°F 4.26 in 62.7°F 40.1°F 4.10 in
May 73.0°F 49.5°F 4.27 in 72.8°F 50.3°F 4.02 in
June 80.8°F 58.8°F 4.58 in 80.8°F 59.0°F 4.54 in
July 85.6°F 64.4°F 4.53 in 85.4°F 64.6°F 4.55 in
August 83.9°F 63.2°F 4.44 in 83.4°F 62.8°F 4.58 in
September 76.9°F 56.1°F 4.61 in 76.5°F 55.7°F 5.17 in
October 65.4°F 45.1°F 4.43 in 64.9°F 43.6°F 4.57 in
November 54.4°F 36.0°F 3.88 in 53.6°F 34.0°F 3.61 in
December 44.5°F 28.6°F 4.70 in 43.1°F 26.9°F 4.79 in

Cities that consider Elmsford their climate twin

These US cities have Elmsford in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Elmsford would feel familiar.

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 →