Climate twins of Waverly, NY

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Waverly'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: Waverly vs its climate twin

Top match: Geneva-on-the-Lake, OH

Month Waverly Geneva-on-the-Lake
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 34.4°F 16.1°F 2.17 in 33.2°F 19.1°F 1.90 in
February 37.0°F 16.8°F 1.84 in 35.7°F 19.3°F 1.68 in
March 45.3°F 23.7°F 2.61 in 44.1°F 26.4°F 2.36 in
April 58.7°F 34.0°F 3.40 in 57.5°F 36.3°F 3.36 in
May 71.0°F 44.7°F 3.05 in 68.8°F 46.4°F 3.30 in
June 79.3°F 54.4°F 4.34 in 77.1°F 55.4°F 3.68 in
July 83.4°F 58.4°F 3.64 in 81.0°F 59.8°F 4.27 in
August 81.7°F 57.3°F 3.33 in 79.1°F 58.3°F 3.57 in
September 74.7°F 49.9°F 4.02 in 73.0°F 51.7°F 3.85 in
October 62.1°F 39.0°F 3.55 in 61.4°F 42.3°F 3.68 in
November 49.8°F 30.1°F 2.43 in 48.9°F 33.7°F 3.10 in
December 39.1°F 22.9°F 2.43 in 38.3°F 25.8°F 2.32 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 →