Climate twins of New Kensington, PA

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

Top match: Williamsport, PA

Month New Kensington Williamsport
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 36.5°F 20.5°F 3.12 in 35.6°F 20.5°F 2.99 in
February 40.0°F 21.0°F 2.79 in 39.1°F 21.9°F 2.39 in
March 49.5°F 27.1°F 3.27 in 48.9°F 29.1°F 3.29 in
April 62.5°F 38.3°F 3.58 in 62.5°F 39.2°F 3.62 in
May 71.9°F 50.0°F 3.90 in 73.5°F 49.7°F 3.83 in
June 79.6°F 58.9°F 4.34 in 81.4°F 58.9°F 3.92 in
July 83.4°F 63.4°F 4.26 in 85.6°F 63.2°F 4.30 in
August 82.3°F 61.7°F 3.55 in 83.7°F 62.2°F 3.80 in
September 76.1°F 54.6°F 3.99 in 76.3°F 54.7°F 4.54 in
October 63.9°F 43.2°F 3.09 in 63.6°F 43.2°F 3.69 in
November 51.9°F 32.6°F 3.09 in 50.8°F 33.3°F 3.09 in
December 41.0°F 25.7°F 3.26 in 39.8°F 25.7°F 3.26 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 →