Climate twins of Oil City, PA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Oil City'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: Oil City vs its climate twin
Top match: Round Lake, NY
| Month | Oil City | Round Lake | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 33.7°F | 18.3°F | 3.27 in | 32.0°F | 14.3°F | 3.41 in |
| February | 36.3°F | 18.7°F | 2.66 in | 35.4°F | 16.0°F | 2.65 in |
| March | 45.6°F | 25.4°F | 3.36 in | 45.3°F | 24.8°F | 3.42 in |
| April | 59.7°F | 35.2°F | 4.15 in | 60.3°F | 35.9°F | 3.78 in |
| May | 70.9°F | 46.1°F | 4.00 in | 72.5°F | 47.0°F | 3.86 in |
| June | 78.7°F | 55.5°F | 4.86 in | 79.9°F | 56.2°F | 4.80 in |
| July | 82.7°F | 59.6°F | 5.32 in | 83.8°F | 60.9°F | 4.98 in |
| August | 81.2°F | 58.3°F | 4.24 in | 82.1°F | 59.4°F | 4.11 in |
| September | 74.2°F | 51.7°F | 3.94 in | 74.9°F | 51.8°F | 3.82 in |
| October | 61.4°F | 40.8°F | 3.76 in | 62.1°F | 40.5°F | 4.14 in |
| November | 49.0°F | 31.7°F | 3.41 in | 48.7°F | 30.8°F | 3.49 in |
| December | 38.1°F | 24.3°F | 3.36 in | 37.0°F | 21.6°F | 3.92 in |
Cities that consider Oil City their climate twin
These US cities have Oil City in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Oil City would feel familiar.
- Ballston Spa, NY (ranks Oil City #1)
- Galway, NY (ranks Oil City #1)
- Round Lake, NY (ranks Oil City #1)
- Saratoga Springs, NY (ranks Oil City #1)
- Schuylerville, NY (ranks Oil City #1)
- Victory, NY (ranks Oil City #1)
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 →