Climate twins of Rio Grande, OH
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Rio Grande'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: Rio Grande vs its climate twin
Top match: Cold Spring, KY
| Month | Rio Grande | Cold Spring | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 41.0°F | 23.1°F | 3.07 in | 40.6°F | 23.6°F | 2.86 in |
| February | 45.5°F | 25.2°F | 3.08 in | 45.0°F | 25.7°F | 2.79 in |
| March | 54.7°F | 32.2°F | 4.05 in | 54.6°F | 33.4°F | 3.94 in |
| April | 67.1°F | 41.7°F | 3.92 in | 66.6°F | 42.5°F | 4.37 in |
| May | 75.1°F | 52.4°F | 4.48 in | 75.4°F | 52.7°F | 4.70 in |
| June | 82.9°F | 61.4°F | 4.61 in | 83.3°F | 61.2°F | 4.61 in |
| July | 86.2°F | 65.7°F | 4.47 in | 86.6°F | 65.3°F | 4.39 in |
| August | 85.6°F | 64.1°F | 3.55 in | 85.9°F | 63.7°F | 3.39 in |
| September | 79.8°F | 57.0°F | 3.75 in | 79.7°F | 55.9°F | 3.07 in |
| October | 68.4°F | 44.8°F | 3.12 in | 67.9°F | 44.2°F | 3.05 in |
| November | 56.1°F | 34.2°F | 2.63 in | 55.1°F | 34.1°F | 2.91 in |
| December | 45.4°F | 28.2°F | 3.80 in | 44.6°F | 28.0°F | 3.32 in |
Cities that consider Rio Grande their climate twin
These US cities have Rio Grande in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Rio Grande would feel familiar.
- Lexington, VA (ranks Rio Grande #1)
- Crestview Hills, KY (ranks Rio Grande #1)
- Edgewood, KY (ranks Rio Grande #1)
- Elsmere, KY (ranks Rio Grande #1)
- Erlanger, KY (ranks Rio Grande #1)
- Florence, KY (ranks Rio Grande #1)
- Crescent Springs, KY (ranks Rio Grande #1)
- Fort Wright, KY (ranks Rio Grande #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 →