Climate twins of New Paltz, NY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches New Paltz'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 Paltz vs its climate twin
Top match: Marlborough, MA
| Month | New Paltz | Marlborough | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 33.7°F | 18.9°F | 3.80 in | 37.4°F | 14.6°F | 3.58 in |
| February | 37.1°F | 20.5°F | 3.19 in | 40.6°F | 15.9°F | 3.30 in |
| March | 45.8°F | 27.5°F | 4.26 in | 48.5°F | 23.8°F | 4.59 in |
| April | 59.8°F | 38.6°F | 3.99 in | 61.6°F | 33.8°F | 4.36 in |
| May | 70.5°F | 49.6°F | 4.04 in | 73.0°F | 45.3°F | 3.67 in |
| June | 78.2°F | 58.8°F | 4.84 in | 81.1°F | 54.6°F | 4.16 in |
| July | 82.7°F | 63.6°F | 4.71 in | 86.9°F | 60.2°F | 4.04 in |
| August | 80.3°F | 62.5°F | 4.81 in | 84.9°F | 58.0°F | 4.43 in |
| September | 72.5°F | 55.6°F | 5.18 in | 77.5°F | 49.4°F | 3.89 in |
| October | 60.9°F | 44.7°F | 5.24 in | 65.5°F | 38.0°F | 5.07 in |
| November | 48.6°F | 34.7°F | 3.80 in | 53.6°F | 28.7°F | 3.76 in |
| December | 38.0°F | 25.5°F | 4.77 in | 42.8°F | 20.6°F | 4.85 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 →