Climate twins of Lake Placid, NY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lake Placid'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: Lake Placid vs its climate twin
Top match: Caribou, ME
| Month | Lake Placid | Caribou | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 23.3°F | 6.5°F | 3.10 in | 20.8°F | 2.6°F | 2.95 in |
| February | 27.3°F | 8.1°F | 2.29 in | 24.1°F | 4.4°F | 2.42 in |
| March | 35.9°F | 16.1°F | 2.89 in | 34.3°F | 15.6°F | 2.77 in |
| April | 49.2°F | 28.5°F | 3.39 in | 47.7°F | 29.4°F | 2.99 in |
| May | 62.3°F | 39.9°F | 3.93 in | 63.0°F | 41.4°F | 3.46 in |
| June | 70.4°F | 49.3°F | 4.81 in | 72.1°F | 50.6°F | 3.89 in |
| July | 74.2°F | 54.1°F | 4.36 in | 77.1°F | 56.3°F | 4.23 in |
| August | 72.5°F | 52.4°F | 3.96 in | 75.7°F | 54.1°F | 3.61 in |
| September | 66.1°F | 45.3°F | 3.90 in | 67.3°F | 45.9°F | 3.44 in |
| October | 52.3°F | 35.2°F | 4.23 in | 53.2°F | 35.9°F | 3.99 in |
| November | 39.5°F | 24.9°F | 3.40 in | 39.5°F | 25.6°F | 3.35 in |
| December | 28.5°F | 13.6°F | 3.50 in | 27.5°F | 12.3°F | 3.60 in |
Cities that consider Lake Placid their climate twin
These US cities have Lake Placid in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Lake Placid would feel familiar.
- West Burke, VT (ranks Lake Placid #1)
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 →