Climate twins of Liberty, NY

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

Top match: Bradford, PA

Month Liberty Bradford
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 30.4°F 13.2°F 3.68 in 30.6°F 12.9°F 3.84 in
February 33.2°F 14.2°F 2.78 in 33.2°F 13.1°F 2.84 in
March 41.3°F 21.5°F 3.91 in 42.2°F 20.7°F 3.33 in
April 54.6°F 32.3°F 4.19 in 56.0°F 31.7°F 4.20 in
May 65.7°F 42.7°F 4.74 in 67.8°F 42.4°F 4.50 in
June 73.7°F 52.1°F 5.22 in 75.5°F 51.3°F 4.79 in
July 78.9°F 57.1°F 4.74 in 79.1°F 55.1°F 4.95 in
August 77.1°F 54.9°F 5.32 in 77.6°F 53.8°F 4.56 in
September 70.1°F 48.3°F 5.17 in 71.0°F 47.1°F 4.19 in
October 58.3°F 37.4°F 4.75 in 58.9°F 36.6°F 4.38 in
November 46.7°F 28.2°F 3.85 in 46.3°F 28.0°F 3.91 in
December 35.2°F 19.8°F 4.73 in 35.2°F 19.8°F 4.08 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 →