Climate twins of Barton, VT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Barton'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: Barton vs its climate twin
Top match: Tupper Lake, NY
| Month | Barton | Tupper Lake | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 22.7°F | -1.3°F | 3.13 in | 25.3°F | 4.1°F | 3.25 in |
| February | 26.6°F | -0.8°F | 2.66 in | 28.6°F | 5.1°F | 2.65 in |
| March | 35.9°F | 9.8°F | 3.21 in | 36.5°F | 14.1°F | 3.11 in |
| April | 49.8°F | 24.7°F | 3.49 in | 50.2°F | 28.3°F | 3.79 in |
| May | 64.3°F | 36.3°F | 3.93 in | 64.6°F | 40.6°F | 3.77 in |
| June | 72.4°F | 46.4°F | 4.11 in | 72.9°F | 49.7°F | 4.55 in |
| July | 77.0°F | 51.0°F | 4.40 in | 77.4°F | 54.4°F | 4.32 in |
| August | 75.7°F | 48.4°F | 4.86 in | 75.9°F | 52.9°F | 4.16 in |
| September | 68.3°F | 40.5°F | 3.86 in | 69.1°F | 45.1°F | 3.86 in |
| October | 54.2°F | 30.7°F | 4.77 in | 55.1°F | 35.2°F | 4.41 in |
| November | 40.5°F | 20.8°F | 3.51 in | 42.1°F | 24.8°F | 3.66 in |
| December | 28.8°F | 9.1°F | 4.10 in | 31.1°F | 13.2°F | 3.52 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 →