Climate twins of North Collins, NY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches North Collins'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: North Collins vs its climate twin
Top match: Torrington, CT
| Month | North Collins | Torrington | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 31.0°F | 15.7°F | 4.90 in | 33.4°F | 14.7°F | 3.94 in |
| February | 33.6°F | 16.2°F | 4.18 in | 36.5°F | 15.9°F | 3.52 in |
| March | 43.0°F | 23.0°F | 3.81 in | 45.4°F | 23.2°F | 4.61 in |
| April | 55.4°F | 32.4°F | 3.99 in | 58.5°F | 33.1°F | 4.35 in |
| May | 68.0°F | 45.2°F | 3.65 in | 69.4°F | 43.7°F | 4.14 in |
| June | 75.8°F | 55.4°F | 4.18 in | 76.9°F | 53.2°F | 4.89 in |
| July | 78.7°F | 59.0°F | 3.74 in | 81.7°F | 58.2°F | 4.35 in |
| August | 78.2°F | 58.1°F | 4.50 in | 79.7°F | 56.4°F | 4.85 in |
| September | 71.3°F | 50.7°F | 4.95 in | 72.1°F | 49.2°F | 4.99 in |
| October | 58.7°F | 40.1°F | 5.32 in | 59.8°F | 38.0°F | 5.40 in |
| November | 46.9°F | 30.5°F | 4.75 in | 48.8°F | 29.0°F | 4.21 in |
| December | 35.6°F | 22.3°F | 5.76 in | 38.0°F | 21.0°F | 5.00 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 →