Climate twins of Wharton, OH
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Wharton'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: Wharton vs its climate twin
Top match: Mount Etna, IN
| Month | Wharton | Mount Etna | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 33.3°F | 17.1°F | 2.21 in | 33.3°F | 17.0°F | 2.49 in |
| February | 36.5°F | 19.1°F | 2.01 in | 37.0°F | 18.7°F | 2.18 in |
| March | 47.2°F | 27.1°F | 2.59 in | 48.0°F | 26.9°F | 2.66 in |
| April | 60.8°F | 37.4°F | 4.15 in | 61.4°F | 37.1°F | 3.95 in |
| May | 71.7°F | 48.8°F | 4.50 in | 72.6°F | 48.2°F | 4.71 in |
| June | 80.6°F | 58.7°F | 4.60 in | 81.1°F | 58.3°F | 4.61 in |
| July | 84.1°F | 61.6°F | 4.38 in | 84.4°F | 61.7°F | 4.48 in |
| August | 82.4°F | 59.6°F | 3.91 in | 82.6°F | 59.6°F | 3.66 in |
| September | 77.0°F | 52.4°F | 3.34 in | 76.8°F | 51.6°F | 3.25 in |
| October | 64.2°F | 41.1°F | 2.84 in | 64.2°F | 40.3°F | 3.00 in |
| November | 50.6°F | 30.7°F | 3.03 in | 50.0°F | 31.0°F | 3.25 in |
| December | 38.3°F | 23.0°F | 2.61 in | 38.2°F | 22.7°F | 2.38 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 →