Climate twins of Pottsville, PA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Pottsville'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: Pottsville vs its climate twin
Top match: Chardon, OH
| Month | Pottsville | Chardon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.5°F | 17.6°F | 3.89 in | 32.5°F | 16.8°F | 4.19 in |
| February | 34.8°F | 17.8°F | 3.00 in | 35.0°F | 16.5°F | 3.14 in |
| March | 43.8°F | 24.9°F | 4.21 in | 43.8°F | 24.2°F | 3.69 in |
| April | 57.4°F | 36.6°F | 4.39 in | 57.6°F | 34.8°F | 4.29 in |
| May | 67.4°F | 46.5°F | 4.65 in | 68.7°F | 45.7°F | 4.41 in |
| June | 75.9°F | 55.9°F | 5.07 in | 77.2°F | 55.1°F | 4.55 in |
| July | 80.2°F | 60.6°F | 5.20 in | 81.0°F | 59.1°F | 4.72 in |
| August | 77.9°F | 58.3°F | 4.68 in | 79.5°F | 57.3°F | 4.13 in |
| September | 72.1°F | 52.0°F | 5.24 in | 73.0°F | 50.8°F | 4.52 in |
| October | 60.3°F | 41.3°F | 4.85 in | 60.8°F | 40.6°F | 4.47 in |
| November | 47.7°F | 30.6°F | 4.12 in | 48.3°F | 31.9°F | 4.29 in |
| December | 37.0°F | 22.8°F | 4.29 in | 37.6°F | 24.0°F | 4.31 in |
Cities that consider Pottsville their climate twin
These US cities have Pottsville in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Pottsville would feel familiar.
- Aquilla, OH (ranks Pottsville #2)
- Burton, OH (ranks Pottsville #2)
- Chardon, OH (ranks Pottsville #2)
- Middlefield, OH (ranks Pottsville #1)
- Torrington, CT (ranks Pottsville #1)
- Boone, NC (ranks Pottsville #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 →