Climate twins of Amherst, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Amherst'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: Amherst vs its climate twin
Top match: Weyerhaeuser, WI
| Month | Amherst | Weyerhaeuser | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 23.7°F | 6.8°F | 1.24 in | 22.7°F | 5.3°F | 0.90 in |
| February | 28.3°F | 9.3°F | 1.08 in | 28.0°F | 8.3°F | 1.10 in |
| March | 40.1°F | 20.8°F | 1.74 in | 41.2°F | 20.0°F | 2.19 in |
| April | 54.1°F | 33.0°F | 3.17 in | 55.8°F | 32.3°F | 2.99 in |
| May | 67.4°F | 45.1°F | 4.00 in | 68.0°F | 43.9°F | 4.31 in |
| June | 76.5°F | 54.7°F | 4.48 in | 76.5°F | 53.1°F | 4.42 in |
| July | 80.8°F | 58.4°F | 3.75 in | 80.7°F | 57.6°F | 3.95 in |
| August | 78.8°F | 57.0°F | 4.02 in | 78.3°F | 55.6°F | 4.04 in |
| September | 71.4°F | 49.1°F | 3.84 in | 71.3°F | 47.7°F | 3.84 in |
| October | 57.4°F | 37.4°F | 2.98 in | 56.8°F | 36.3°F | 3.15 in |
| November | 41.9°F | 26.1°F | 2.05 in | 40.2°F | 23.9°F | 2.04 in |
| December | 29.1°F | 14.7°F | 1.60 in | 27.1°F | 11.7°F | 1.31 in |
Cities that consider Amherst their climate twin
These US cities have Amherst in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Amherst would feel familiar.
- Weyerhaeuser, WI (ranks Amherst #3)
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 →