Climate twins of Rochester, KY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Rochester'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: Rochester vs its climate twin
Top match: London, KY
| Month | Rochester | London | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 43.6°F | 23.5°F | 3.40 in | 45.2°F | 26.7°F | 3.89 in |
| February | 48.4°F | 26.2°F | 3.96 in | 49.7°F | 29.7°F | 4.02 in |
| March | 58.1°F | 33.6°F | 4.17 in | 58.4°F | 36.2°F | 4.57 in |
| April | 69.3°F | 42.6°F | 5.06 in | 69.3°F | 44.9°F | 4.65 in |
| May | 77.9°F | 52.5°F | 5.06 in | 76.7°F | 54.1°F | 5.04 in |
| June | 85.6°F | 60.9°F | 4.73 in | 83.5°F | 62.4°F | 5.06 in |
| July | 89.0°F | 65.2°F | 4.65 in | 86.3°F | 66.3°F | 5.16 in |
| August | 88.2°F | 62.8°F | 3.89 in | 85.6°F | 64.8°F | 3.97 in |
| September | 81.8°F | 55.5°F | 3.56 in | 80.0°F | 57.6°F | 3.55 in |
| October | 70.9°F | 43.1°F | 4.09 in | 69.5°F | 45.4°F | 3.29 in |
| November | 57.7°F | 33.5°F | 3.78 in | 57.9°F | 35.5°F | 3.52 in |
| December | 47.6°F | 27.3°F | 4.47 in | 48.5°F | 30.3°F | 4.54 in |
Cities that consider Rochester their climate twin
These US cities have Rochester in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Rochester would feel familiar.
- Booneville, KY (ranks Rochester #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 →