Climate twins of Sloan, NY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Sloan'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: Sloan vs its climate twin
Top match: Oswego, NY
| Month | Sloan | Oswego | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.1°F | 19.0°F | 3.35 in | 31.1°F | 18.9°F | 3.76 in |
| February | 33.3°F | 19.5°F | 2.49 in | 33.2°F | 20.2°F | 2.85 in |
| March | 41.8°F | 26.4°F | 2.89 in | 40.9°F | 27.4°F | 3.03 in |
| April | 54.7°F | 36.5°F | 3.37 in | 53.2°F | 37.3°F | 3.48 in |
| May | 67.4°F | 48.3°F | 3.37 in | 65.7°F | 47.9°F | 3.29 in |
| June | 75.6°F | 58.1°F | 3.37 in | 74.8°F | 57.4°F | 3.38 in |
| July | 80.2°F | 63.1°F | 3.23 in | 79.6°F | 63.4°F | 3.37 in |
| August | 79.0°F | 61.7°F | 3.23 in | 78.5°F | 62.3°F | 3.45 in |
| September | 72.3°F | 54.5°F | 4.10 in | 71.6°F | 55.2°F | 3.92 in |
| October | 59.6°F | 43.9°F | 4.03 in | 59.2°F | 45.1°F | 4.59 in |
| November | 47.8°F | 34.2°F | 3.50 in | 47.3°F | 35.4°F | 4.12 in |
| December | 37.2°F | 25.6°F | 3.75 in | 36.7°F | 26.0°F | 3.89 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 →