Climate twins of Rutland, VT
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: Wellsville, NY
| Month | Rutland | Wellsville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 29.4°F | 8.0°F | 2.69 in | 30.6°F | 12.9°F | 2.70 in |
| February | 32.1°F | 8.8°F | 2.16 in | 33.0°F | 14.2°F | 1.87 in |
| March | 41.3°F | 18.1°F | 2.73 in | 41.5°F | 20.4°F | 2.53 in |
| April | 55.2°F | 30.6°F | 3.11 in | 54.8°F | 30.2°F | 3.49 in |
| May | 67.9°F | 42.2°F | 3.63 in | 67.7°F | 41.2°F | 3.64 in |
| June | 75.9°F | 51.5°F | 4.26 in | 75.0°F | 50.4°F | 4.09 in |
| July | 80.3°F | 56.4°F | 4.56 in | 79.2°F | 54.1°F | 4.20 in |
| August | 78.1°F | 54.4°F | 3.98 in | 77.6°F | 53.8°F | 4.01 in |
| September | 70.6°F | 46.0°F | 3.41 in | 70.5°F | 46.3°F | 3.59 in |
| October | 58.3°F | 35.3°F | 3.98 in | 58.3°F | 36.7°F | 3.96 in |
| November | 46.2°F | 26.0°F | 2.76 in | 45.9°F | 27.5°F | 2.78 in |
| December | 35.1°F | 16.3°F | 3.02 in | 35.4°F | 20.0°F | 2.83 in |
Cities that consider Rutland their climate twin
These US cities have Rutland in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Rutland would feel familiar.
- Wellsville, NY (ranks Rutland #1)
- Almond, NY (ranks Rutland #3)
- Arkport, NY (ranks Rutland #3)
- Canisteo, NY (ranks Rutland #3)
- North Hornell, NY (ranks Rutland #3)
- Hornell, NY (ranks Rutland #3)
- Alfred, NY (ranks Rutland #3)
- Odessa, NY (ranks Rutland #3)
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 →