Climate twins of Monessen, PA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Monessen'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: Monessen vs its climate twin
Top match: Lancaster, OH
| Month | Monessen | Lancaster | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 39.0°F | 21.3°F | 3.24 in | 37.5°F | 21.5°F | 2.86 in |
| February | 42.1°F | 22.2°F | 2.75 in | 41.3°F | 24.0°F | 2.32 in |
| March | 51.4°F | 29.0°F | 3.42 in | 51.6°F | 31.7°F | 3.40 in |
| April | 64.1°F | 39.3°F | 3.45 in | 64.8°F | 41.2°F | 3.93 in |
| May | 73.5°F | 50.7°F | 3.94 in | 74.1°F | 51.8°F | 4.17 in |
| June | 81.1°F | 59.5°F | 4.33 in | 82.0°F | 61.1°F | 4.08 in |
| July | 85.0°F | 63.8°F | 4.05 in | 85.0°F | 64.7°F | 4.22 in |
| August | 83.7°F | 62.5°F | 3.50 in | 84.1°F | 62.7°F | 3.37 in |
| September | 77.8°F | 55.9°F | 3.26 in | 78.1°F | 54.8°F | 3.22 in |
| October | 66.0°F | 44.4°F | 2.86 in | 65.8°F | 43.5°F | 3.07 in |
| November | 53.7°F | 33.9°F | 2.85 in | 53.0°F | 33.5°F | 2.69 in |
| December | 43.4°F | 27.0°F | 3.27 in | 41.8°F | 26.9°F | 2.85 in |
Cities that consider Monessen their climate twin
These US cities have Monessen in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Monessen would feel familiar.
- Zanesville, OH (ranks Monessen #2)
- Bexley, OH (ranks Monessen #2)
- Pataskala, OH (ranks Monessen #2)
- Reynoldsburg, OH (ranks Monessen #2)
- Whitehall, OH (ranks Monessen #2)
- Crown City, OH (ranks Monessen #2)
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 →