Climate twins of Youngstown, NY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Youngstown'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: Youngstown vs its climate twin
Top match: North Muskegon, MI
| Month | Youngstown | North Muskegon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 33.6°F | 19.2°F | 2.35 in | 32.5°F | 20.7°F | 2.42 in |
| February | 35.5°F | 19.2°F | 2.22 in | 34.5°F | 20.8°F | 2.11 in |
| March | 43.0°F | 25.3°F | 2.72 in | 44.3°F | 27.1°F | 2.40 in |
| April | 55.1°F | 34.7°F | 4.06 in | 56.6°F | 36.9°F | 3.47 in |
| May | 67.6°F | 46.1°F | 2.89 in | 68.4°F | 47.5°F | 3.38 in |
| June | 77.4°F | 57.1°F | 3.23 in | 77.7°F | 57.2°F | 3.05 in |
| July | 82.9°F | 62.5°F | 3.16 in | 81.6°F | 62.2°F | 2.75 in |
| August | 81.2°F | 60.8°F | 2.19 in | 80.2°F | 61.3°F | 3.10 in |
| September | 74.1°F | 53.7°F | 3.21 in | 73.4°F | 53.5°F | 3.26 in |
| October | 61.5°F | 43.9°F | 2.93 in | 60.6°F | 43.2°F | 3.80 in |
| November | 49.5°F | 33.7°F | 2.72 in | 47.8°F | 34.1°F | 2.92 in |
| December | 38.5°F | 26.0°F | 2.72 in | 37.4°F | 26.3°F | 2.42 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 →