Climate twins of Horseheads, NY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Horseheads'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: Horseheads vs its climate twin
Top match: Howell, MI
| Month | Horseheads | Howell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 33.8°F | 16.4°F | 1.66 in | 31.2°F | 14.4°F | 2.12 in |
| February | 36.3°F | 16.9°F | 1.34 in | 34.8°F | 14.6°F | 1.64 in |
| March | 44.9°F | 24.2°F | 2.39 in | 44.3°F | 23.6°F | 2.04 in |
| April | 58.3°F | 33.8°F | 2.81 in | 57.6°F | 34.0°F | 2.92 in |
| May | 70.4°F | 44.3°F | 2.98 in | 69.3°F | 44.8°F | 3.59 in |
| June | 78.1°F | 53.5°F | 3.50 in | 79.3°F | 54.8°F | 3.72 in |
| July | 82.4°F | 58.0°F | 3.36 in | 83.2°F | 57.9°F | 3.04 in |
| August | 81.0°F | 56.8°F | 3.58 in | 81.2°F | 56.7°F | 3.57 in |
| September | 73.1°F | 49.4°F | 3.47 in | 74.6°F | 48.8°F | 3.11 in |
| October | 61.4°F | 38.8°F | 3.02 in | 61.8°F | 38.4°F | 2.93 in |
| November | 49.1°F | 29.5°F | 2.21 in | 48.2°F | 29.0°F | 2.43 in |
| December | 38.7°F | 23.1°F | 2.04 in | 36.3°F | 21.2°F | 2.02 in |
Cities that consider Horseheads their climate twin
These US cities have Horseheads in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Horseheads would feel familiar.
- Fowlerville, MI (ranks Horseheads #3)
- Howell, MI (ranks Horseheads #3)
- Bingham Farms, MI (ranks Horseheads #3)
- Farmington, MI (ranks Horseheads #3)
- Farmington Hills, MI (ranks Horseheads #3)
- Franklin, MI (ranks Horseheads #3)
- Lathrup Village, MI (ranks Horseheads #3)
- Livonia, MI (ranks Horseheads #3)
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 →