Climate twins of Hunter, NY

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

Top match: Biddeford, ME

Month Hunter Biddeford
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 30.6°F 11.2°F 4.41 in 32.7°F 13.1°F 3.65 in
February 33.1°F 11.8°F 3.10 in 34.9°F 14.4°F 3.71 in
March 40.2°F 18.5°F 4.83 in 41.2°F 22.7°F 4.68 in
April 52.9°F 29.7°F 4.84 in 52.0°F 32.3°F 4.73 in
May 64.8°F 40.3°F 4.00 in 61.6°F 42.7°F 4.21 in
June 73.0°F 49.2°F 4.60 in 70.8°F 52.3°F 4.69 in
July 77.2°F 53.5°F 4.60 in 76.9°F 57.8°F 3.90 in
August 75.6°F 51.6°F 5.06 in 76.0°F 56.5°F 3.88 in
September 68.9°F 44.9°F 5.27 in 69.3°F 48.9°F 3.93 in
October 57.3°F 35.4°F 6.04 in 58.6°F 37.5°F 5.63 in
November 45.6°F 26.8°F 4.76 in 48.3°F 29.2°F 4.17 in
December 35.0°F 18.2°F 4.54 in 38.8°F 20.0°F 4.82 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 →