Climate twins of Rensselaer Falls, NY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Rensselaer Falls'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: Rensselaer Falls vs its climate twin
Top match: Swanton, VT
| Month | Rensselaer Falls | Swanton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 26.9°F | 6.6°F | 2.23 in | 25.1°F | 8.2°F | 2.12 in |
| February | 29.9°F | 8.4°F | 1.99 in | 28.5°F | 10.4°F | 1.85 in |
| March | 38.9°F | 19.0°F | 2.29 in | 36.8°F | 20.0°F | 2.63 in |
| April | 53.3°F | 32.5°F | 3.05 in | 52.0°F | 33.4°F | 3.23 in |
| May | 66.7°F | 45.2°F | 3.15 in | 65.7°F | 46.2°F | 3.24 in |
| June | 75.2°F | 54.6°F | 3.82 in | 74.4°F | 55.8°F | 4.11 in |
| July | 79.6°F | 59.2°F | 3.92 in | 79.4°F | 60.9°F | 4.10 in |
| August | 78.0°F | 56.7°F | 3.41 in | 77.2°F | 58.9°F | 3.74 in |
| September | 70.8°F | 48.8°F | 3.94 in | 69.4°F | 51.0°F | 3.93 in |
| October | 57.8°F | 38.2°F | 4.85 in | 56.1°F | 39.7°F | 3.86 in |
| November | 45.3°F | 28.2°F | 2.91 in | 44.0°F | 29.5°F | 2.86 in |
| December | 33.5°F | 16.0°F | 2.63 in | 32.3°F | 17.8°F | 2.62 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 →