Climate twins of Reading, PA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Reading'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: Reading vs its climate twin
Top match: Elyria, OH
| Month | Reading | Elyria | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 38.6°F | 23.0°F | 2.97 in | 36.3°F | 21.5°F | 2.84 in |
| February | 41.9°F | 24.4°F | 2.61 in | 39.6°F | 22.8°F | 2.37 in |
| March | 51.0°F | 31.9°F | 3.53 in | 49.0°F | 30.2°F | 2.99 in |
| April | 63.4°F | 41.7°F | 3.35 in | 62.8°F | 39.9°F | 3.75 in |
| May | 73.5°F | 51.5°F | 3.51 in | 73.3°F | 50.8°F | 3.94 in |
| June | 82.0°F | 61.2°F | 4.77 in | 81.0°F | 60.2°F | 4.04 in |
| July | 86.5°F | 65.8°F | 4.77 in | 84.9°F | 64.7°F | 4.13 in |
| August | 84.4°F | 64.1°F | 4.49 in | 83.0°F | 62.9°F | 4.11 in |
| September | 77.1°F | 56.6°F | 4.88 in | 77.0°F | 56.2°F | 4.05 in |
| October | 65.4°F | 45.0°F | 3.80 in | 65.3°F | 45.6°F | 3.63 in |
| November | 53.8°F | 35.4°F | 3.02 in | 52.3°F | 35.6°F | 3.04 in |
| December | 43.4°F | 28.0°F | 3.51 in | 40.8°F | 27.4°F | 3.07 in |
Cities that consider Reading their climate twin
These US cities have Reading in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Reading would feel familiar.
- Luray, VA (ranks Reading #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 →