Climate twins of McGuffey, OH
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches McGuffey'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: McGuffey vs its climate twin
Top match: Aliquippa, PA
| Month | McGuffey | Aliquippa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.7°F | 18.3°F | 2.63 in | 35.5°F | 20.8°F | 2.59 in |
| February | 36.3°F | 20.5°F | 2.55 in | 39.3°F | 22.4°F | 2.68 in |
| March | 46.9°F | 28.9°F | 2.78 in | 47.7°F | 28.4°F | 3.20 in |
| April | 60.1°F | 39.2°F | 3.69 in | 61.4°F | 39.6°F | 3.59 in |
| May | 71.5°F | 50.2°F | 3.72 in | 71.8°F | 50.6°F | 3.55 in |
| June | 80.6°F | 60.4°F | 3.85 in | 79.7°F | 59.7°F | 4.22 in |
| July | 84.0°F | 64.0°F | 3.43 in | 83.7°F | 64.1°F | 3.86 in |
| August | 82.6°F | 61.9°F | 3.56 in | 82.7°F | 62.6°F | 3.16 in |
| September | 76.5°F | 54.3°F | 3.11 in | 75.7°F | 55.9°F | 3.45 in |
| October | 63.6°F | 42.7°F | 2.62 in | 63.5°F | 44.8°F | 2.78 in |
| November | 49.7°F | 32.7°F | 2.94 in | 50.4°F | 33.8°F | 2.68 in |
| December | 37.8°F | 23.8°F | 2.76 in | 40.4°F | 26.9°F | 2.79 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 →