Climate twins of Rutland, OH
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Rutland'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: Rutland vs its climate twin
Top match: Westover, WV
| Month | Rutland | Westover | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 39.5°F | 21.5°F | 3.23 in | 38.7°F | 20.9°F | 3.55 in |
| February | 43.2°F | 22.5°F | 3.25 in | 42.7°F | 21.7°F | 3.14 in |
| March | 53.4°F | 30.3°F | 3.88 in | 51.2°F | 28.4°F | 3.95 in |
| April | 65.8°F | 39.9°F | 3.73 in | 64.1°F | 38.5°F | 4.10 in |
| May | 74.1°F | 49.7°F | 4.26 in | 72.4°F | 49.2°F | 4.24 in |
| June | 81.1°F | 57.9°F | 4.53 in | 79.7°F | 58.2°F | 4.49 in |
| July | 84.6°F | 61.5°F | 4.17 in | 83.4°F | 62.5°F | 4.72 in |
| August | 84.6°F | 60.1°F | 3.65 in | 81.9°F | 61.0°F | 3.65 in |
| September | 78.7°F | 52.2°F | 3.13 in | 76.7°F | 54.6°F | 3.33 in |
| October | 67.0°F | 40.7°F | 3.12 in | 65.3°F | 43.0°F | 2.86 in |
| November | 54.3°F | 31.8°F | 2.82 in | 53.1°F | 32.2°F | 3.01 in |
| December | 44.1°F | 26.0°F | 3.36 in | 43.3°F | 25.8°F | 3.47 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 →