Climate twins of Rochester, NY
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: Garden City, MI
| Month | Rochester | Garden City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 33.4°F | 19.0°F | 2.55 in | 32.0°F | 17.7°F | 2.51 in |
| February | 35.2°F | 19.6°F | 2.13 in | 34.9°F | 19.1°F | 2.27 in |
| March | 43.6°F | 26.8°F | 2.49 in | 45.2°F | 26.4°F | 2.29 in |
| April | 56.6°F | 37.1°F | 2.99 in | 58.3°F | 36.9°F | 3.26 in |
| May | 69.4°F | 48.2°F | 2.86 in | 70.0°F | 47.5°F | 3.60 in |
| June | 77.9°F | 57.4°F | 3.37 in | 79.2°F | 57.8°F | 3.28 in |
| July | 82.5°F | 62.2°F | 3.56 in | 83.6°F | 62.0°F | 3.54 in |
| August | 80.5°F | 61.0°F | 3.31 in | 81.8°F | 60.8°F | 3.23 in |
| September | 73.6°F | 53.6°F | 3.18 in | 75.1°F | 53.4°F | 3.01 in |
| October | 61.2°F | 43.3°F | 3.22 in | 62.1°F | 41.6°F | 2.87 in |
| November | 49.1°F | 34.0°F | 2.76 in | 48.3°F | 32.3°F | 2.74 in |
| December | 38.5°F | 25.4°F | 2.67 in | 36.9°F | 24.0°F | 2.45 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.
- Dearborn, MI (ranks Rochester #2)
- Dearborn Heights, MI (ranks Rochester #2)
- Garden City, MI (ranks Rochester #2)
- Melvindale, MI (ranks Rochester #2)
- Port Huron, MI (ranks Rochester #2)
- Marysville, MI (ranks Rochester #2)
- St. Clair, MI (ranks Rochester #2)
- Estral Beach, MI (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 →