Climate twins of Rochester, OH
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: Wakarusa, IN
| Month | Rochester | Wakarusa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 33.8°F | 18.0°F | 2.88 in | 31.7°F | 17.8°F | 2.78 in |
| February | 36.9°F | 19.5°F | 2.41 in | 35.5°F | 20.2°F | 2.33 in |
| March | 45.9°F | 28.1°F | 2.92 in | 47.2°F | 28.8°F | 2.44 in |
| April | 59.3°F | 37.9°F | 3.68 in | 60.3°F | 38.7°F | 3.79 in |
| May | 70.9°F | 48.7°F | 3.83 in | 71.7°F | 49.9°F | 4.27 in |
| June | 79.6°F | 58.1°F | 4.06 in | 80.4°F | 59.6°F | 4.12 in |
| July | 83.1°F | 62.2°F | 3.87 in | 83.3°F | 62.8°F | 3.99 in |
| August | 81.3°F | 59.9°F | 3.59 in | 81.3°F | 61.3°F | 4.05 in |
| September | 75.3°F | 52.4°F | 3.70 in | 75.2°F | 53.9°F | 3.27 in |
| October | 63.1°F | 41.9°F | 3.38 in | 62.8°F | 43.3°F | 3.33 in |
| November | 49.6°F | 32.6°F | 2.96 in | 48.4°F | 32.8°F | 2.96 in |
| December | 38.7°F | 24.4°F | 2.69 in | 36.5°F | 23.7°F | 2.52 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.
- Kentwood, MI (ranks Rochester #1)
- Galesburg, MI (ranks Rochester #1)
- Richland, MI (ranks Rochester #1)
- Augusta, MI (ranks Rochester #1)
- Shipshewana, IN (ranks Rochester #1)
- Lagrange, IN (ranks Rochester #1)
- Wolcottville, IN (ranks Rochester #1)
- Burr Oak, 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 →