Climate twins of Watkins Glen, NY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Watkins Glen'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: Watkins Glen vs its climate twin
Top match: Richmondville, NY
| Month | Watkins Glen | Richmondville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 30.2°F | 14.4°F | 2.30 in | 30.5°F | 11.6°F | 2.45 in |
| February | 32.5°F | 15.2°F | 2.02 in | 32.7°F | 12.9°F | 2.15 in |
| March | 39.5°F | 20.8°F | 2.70 in | 40.9°F | 20.5°F | 3.08 in |
| April | 53.3°F | 32.2°F | 3.33 in | 54.5°F | 32.5°F | 3.36 in |
| May | 66.5°F | 42.7°F | 3.15 in | 66.6°F | 44.2°F | 3.66 in |
| June | 74.2°F | 51.8°F | 4.25 in | 75.0°F | 53.6°F | 4.24 in |
| July | 79.1°F | 56.2°F | 3.86 in | 79.5°F | 58.3°F | 4.15 in |
| August | 77.1°F | 54.7°F | 3.72 in | 77.9°F | 56.5°F | 4.26 in |
| September | 70.6°F | 48.3°F | 4.08 in | 71.2°F | 48.6°F | 3.59 in |
| October | 58.0°F | 38.8°F | 4.08 in | 58.5°F | 38.1°F | 3.93 in |
| November | 45.7°F | 30.0°F | 2.76 in | 46.4°F | 28.5°F | 2.75 in |
| December | 35.3°F | 21.4°F | 2.64 in | 35.8°F | 19.5°F | 3.07 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 →