Climate twins of Keene, NH
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Keene'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: Keene vs its climate twin
Top match: Salamanca, NY
| Month | Keene | Salamanca | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 30.4°F | 10.4°F | 3.12 in | 32.4°F | 13.1°F | 3.50 in |
| February | 34.3°F | 11.4°F | 2.77 in | 35.1°F | 12.2°F | 2.63 in |
| March | 43.0°F | 19.7°F | 3.35 in | 44.0°F | 19.8°F | 3.15 in |
| April | 56.6°F | 30.1°F | 3.39 in | 57.2°F | 31.2°F | 3.79 in |
| May | 68.6°F | 41.0°F | 3.77 in | 69.3°F | 41.7°F | 3.82 in |
| June | 76.9°F | 50.7°F | 4.41 in | 77.7°F | 50.2°F | 4.94 in |
| July | 81.9°F | 56.0°F | 4.49 in | 81.8°F | 54.1°F | 4.86 in |
| August | 80.5°F | 54.4°F | 4.28 in | 80.4°F | 52.3°F | 4.35 in |
| September | 73.2°F | 47.0°F | 4.26 in | 73.6°F | 45.7°F | 4.25 in |
| October | 59.8°F | 35.7°F | 4.86 in | 60.9°F | 34.6°F | 4.43 in |
| November | 46.7°F | 26.8°F | 3.49 in | 48.0°F | 27.3°F | 3.60 in |
| December | 35.6°F | 17.8°F | 3.92 in | 37.3°F | 18.9°F | 3.84 in |
Cities that consider Keene their climate twin
These US cities have Keene in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Keene would feel familiar.
- Franklinville, NY (ranks Keene #2)
- Otego, NY (ranks Keene #3)
- Franklin, NY (ranks Keene #3)
- Mexico, NY (ranks Keene #3)
- Pulaski, NY (ranks Keene #3)
- Ellisburg, NY (ranks Keene #3)
- Sandy Creek, NY (ranks Keene #3)
- Lacona, NY (ranks Keene #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 →