Climate twins of Fayette, OH

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

Top match: Smithville, OH

Month Fayette Smithville
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 32.9°F 14.7°F 2.33 in 33.9°F 18.0°F 2.43 in
February 36.2°F 15.5°F 2.33 in 36.8°F 19.9°F 1.86 in
March 46.6°F 24.0°F 2.77 in 46.6°F 27.8°F 2.84 in
April 60.1°F 33.6°F 3.58 in 60.0°F 37.6°F 3.58 in
May 72.0°F 45.6°F 4.05 in 70.9°F 48.1°F 3.84 in
June 81.5°F 55.5°F 3.84 in 78.8°F 57.4°F 4.01 in
July 85.5°F 58.0°F 3.82 in 82.4°F 60.5°F 3.72 in
August 83.1°F 56.4°F 3.76 in 80.2°F 58.0°F 3.48 in
September 76.2°F 48.6°F 3.14 in 74.4°F 50.4°F 3.23 in
October 62.8°F 37.8°F 2.95 in 63.0°F 40.5°F 2.92 in
November 49.0°F 28.5°F 3.04 in 49.3°F 31.7°F 2.55 in
December 37.3°F 20.4°F 2.48 in 38.4°F 24.3°F 2.40 in

Cities that consider Fayette their climate twin

These US cities have Fayette in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Fayette 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 →