Climate twins of Rochester, TX
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: Eden, TX
| Month | Rochester | Eden | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 55.6°F | 28.9°F | 1.19 in | 57.6°F | 31.0°F | 1.14 in |
| February | 59.1°F | 32.3°F | 1.49 in | 63.2°F | 34.9°F | 1.55 in |
| March | 67.9°F | 40.4°F | 1.98 in | 69.8°F | 42.1°F | 2.18 in |
| April | 77.1°F | 48.8°F | 2.07 in | 78.1°F | 48.8°F | 1.79 in |
| May | 84.8°F | 59.2°F | 3.35 in | 84.8°F | 59.4°F | 3.47 in |
| June | 91.7°F | 68.0°F | 3.78 in | 90.8°F | 66.9°F | 3.18 in |
| July | 95.4°F | 71.5°F | 1.80 in | 94.3°F | 69.3°F | 1.82 in |
| August | 94.5°F | 70.5°F | 2.52 in | 94.6°F | 68.9°F | 2.58 in |
| September | 87.1°F | 62.7°F | 3.25 in | 87.1°F | 61.7°F | 3.03 in |
| October | 77.2°F | 50.8°F | 2.53 in | 78.5°F | 51.2°F | 2.80 in |
| November | 65.0°F | 39.5°F | 1.74 in | 66.8°F | 40.9°F | 1.81 in |
| December | 55.7°F | 31.1°F | 1.25 in | 59.6°F | 32.6°F | 1.16 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.
- Eden, TX (ranks Rochester #1)
- Menard, TX (ranks Rochester #2)
- Arapaho, OK (ranks Rochester #2)
- Clinton, OK (ranks Rochester #2)
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 →