Climate twins of Poughkeepsie, NY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Poughkeepsie'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: Poughkeepsie vs its climate twin
Top match: Shamokin, PA
| Month | Poughkeepsie | Shamokin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 35.0°F | 18.7°F | 3.48 in | 34.8°F | 19.3°F | 3.54 in |
| February | 38.5°F | 20.1°F | 2.81 in | 38.3°F | 21.9°F | 2.53 in |
| March | 46.8°F | 27.3°F | 3.54 in | 47.7°F | 28.6°F | 3.68 in |
| April | 60.0°F | 38.0°F | 3.89 in | 60.7°F | 38.7°F | 4.27 in |
| May | 70.6°F | 48.8°F | 3.50 in | 71.4°F | 48.1°F | 4.15 in |
| June | 78.1°F | 58.0°F | 4.57 in | 78.9°F | 57.2°F | 4.77 in |
| July | 83.1°F | 63.1°F | 4.50 in | 83.7°F | 61.3°F | 4.36 in |
| August | 81.5°F | 61.9°F | 4.31 in | 80.3°F | 60.4°F | 4.09 in |
| September | 73.7°F | 54.2°F | 4.64 in | 74.2°F | 52.9°F | 5.20 in |
| October | 61.8°F | 42.4°F | 4.64 in | 62.2°F | 42.4°F | 4.26 in |
| November | 51.0°F | 33.3°F | 3.46 in | 49.8°F | 33.1°F | 3.50 in |
| December | 40.1°F | 25.1°F | 3.84 in | 39.7°F | 25.4°F | 3.66 in |
Cities that consider Poughkeepsie their climate twin
These US cities have Poughkeepsie in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Poughkeepsie would feel familiar.
- Shamokin, PA (ranks Poughkeepsie #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 →