Climate twins of Esperance, NY

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

Top match: Enosburg Falls, VT

Month Esperance Enosburg Falls
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 31.1°F 12.2°F 2.62 in 29.6°F 7.8°F 2.35 in
February 33.8°F 12.9°F 2.35 in 32.7°F 8.6°F 1.99 in
March 42.0°F 20.4°F 3.26 in 42.3°F 18.7°F 2.47 in
April 56.8°F 33.2°F 3.44 in 56.8°F 31.6°F 3.18 in
May 69.9°F 44.1°F 3.52 in 69.8°F 43.3°F 3.67 in
June 76.9°F 53.5°F 4.96 in 77.1°F 52.8°F 4.38 in
July 81.5°F 58.6°F 4.48 in 81.5°F 57.6°F 4.25 in
August 79.7°F 55.7°F 4.14 in 79.9°F 55.9°F 4.38 in
September 73.7°F 48.5°F 3.58 in 72.5°F 48.6°F 3.97 in
October 58.7°F 37.7°F 4.46 in 60.0°F 38.4°F 4.22 in
November 47.8°F 28.1°F 2.77 in 46.9°F 28.0°F 3.09 in
December 35.9°F 19.0°F 3.04 in 34.9°F 16.5°F 2.86 in

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 →