Climate twins of Geneva-on-the-Lake, OH

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

Top match: Livonia, NY

Month Geneva-on-the-Lake Livonia
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 33.2°F 19.1°F 1.90 in 32.7°F 16.5°F 2.15 in
February 35.7°F 19.3°F 1.68 in 34.9°F 16.8°F 1.82 in
March 44.1°F 26.4°F 2.36 in 43.4°F 23.6°F 2.63 in
April 57.5°F 36.3°F 3.36 in 56.6°F 34.9°F 3.03 in
May 68.8°F 46.4°F 3.30 in 68.9°F 46.2°F 3.30 in
June 77.1°F 55.4°F 3.68 in 76.7°F 55.7°F 3.88 in
July 81.0°F 59.8°F 4.27 in 80.5°F 60.4°F 4.19 in
August 79.1°F 58.3°F 3.57 in 78.9°F 59.0°F 3.77 in
September 73.0°F 51.7°F 3.85 in 72.5°F 52.6°F 3.43 in
October 61.4°F 42.3°F 3.68 in 60.4°F 42.2°F 3.72 in
November 48.9°F 33.7°F 3.10 in 48.5°F 32.3°F 2.84 in
December 38.3°F 25.8°F 2.32 in 37.8°F 23.8°F 2.55 in

Cities that consider Geneva-on-the-Lake their climate twin

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