Climate twins of Wayland, NY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Wayland'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: Wayland vs its climate twin
Top match: Parma, MI
| Month | Wayland | Parma | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 34.5°F | 18.0°F | 1.29 in | 31.3°F | 17.5°F | 1.67 in |
| February | 37.0°F | 18.9°F | 1.12 in | 34.5°F | 18.6°F | 1.52 in |
| March | 45.3°F | 25.6°F | 1.90 in | 45.3°F | 26.7°F | 1.93 in |
| April | 58.7°F | 35.4°F | 2.46 in | 58.5°F | 37.1°F | 2.94 in |
| May | 71.1°F | 46.7°F | 2.75 in | 69.8°F | 47.7°F | 3.40 in |
| June | 79.3°F | 56.0°F | 3.07 in | 78.9°F | 57.1°F | 3.58 in |
| July | 83.1°F | 60.4°F | 3.47 in | 82.5°F | 60.7°F | 3.35 in |
| August | 81.2°F | 58.9°F | 3.41 in | 80.4°F | 59.4°F | 3.81 in |
| September | 74.6°F | 52.2°F | 2.67 in | 73.6°F | 51.7°F | 2.98 in |
| October | 62.4°F | 41.9°F | 2.79 in | 61.1°F | 41.4°F | 2.92 in |
| November | 49.9°F | 32.5°F | 2.23 in | 47.7°F | 32.1°F | 2.33 in |
| December | 39.4°F | 24.7°F | 1.88 in | 36.2°F | 23.6°F | 1.76 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 →