Climate twins of Rock Creek, OH
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Rock Creek'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: Rock Creek vs its climate twin
Top match: Millerton, NY
| Month | Rock Creek | Millerton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.2°F | 16.5°F | 3.32 in | 35.4°F | 14.2°F | 3.00 in |
| February | 34.8°F | 16.7°F | 2.55 in | 38.5°F | 15.2°F | 2.55 in |
| March | 43.8°F | 24.8°F | 3.02 in | 46.8°F | 23.3°F | 3.41 in |
| April | 57.2°F | 35.2°F | 3.88 in | 60.2°F | 33.0°F | 3.35 in |
| May | 68.4°F | 45.7°F | 4.00 in | 71.7°F | 43.8°F | 3.87 in |
| June | 76.6°F | 54.7°F | 4.98 in | 79.6°F | 52.7°F | 4.79 in |
| July | 80.6°F | 58.6°F | 4.94 in | 84.6°F | 58.1°F | 4.78 in |
| August | 79.2°F | 57.0°F | 4.19 in | 82.3°F | 56.6°F | 4.44 in |
| September | 73.1°F | 50.4°F | 4.52 in | 75.5°F | 49.3°F | 4.69 in |
| October | 61.2°F | 40.3°F | 4.35 in | 63.1°F | 38.0°F | 4.74 in |
| November | 48.3°F | 31.9°F | 3.51 in | 50.8°F | 28.7°F | 3.49 in |
| December | 37.4°F | 23.7°F | 3.67 in | 39.9°F | 20.3°F | 3.75 in |
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 →