Climate twins of Brewer, ME

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Brewer'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: Brewer vs its climate twin

Top match: Woodstock, VT

Month Brewer Woodstock
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 28.1°F 9.0°F 3.17 in 29.5°F 7.3°F 2.85 in
February 31.2°F 10.9°F 2.38 in 32.8°F 8.5°F 2.65 in
March 40.1°F 21.1°F 3.22 in 41.0°F 18.7°F 3.19 in
April 53.2°F 32.4°F 3.61 in 55.0°F 31.4°F 3.50 in
May 65.7°F 43.3°F 3.34 in 68.1°F 42.7°F 3.61 in
June 74.7°F 52.6°F 3.87 in 76.9°F 52.6°F 4.11 in
July 80.4°F 58.6°F 3.16 in 81.6°F 57.4°F 3.92 in
August 79.4°F 57.0°F 3.06 in 80.1°F 55.4°F 3.68 in
September 71.0°F 48.8°F 3.76 in 73.0°F 47.3°F 3.59 in
October 58.2°F 38.2°F 4.58 in 59.2°F 35.5°F 4.57 in
November 45.8°F 28.8°F 3.84 in 46.4°F 26.1°F 3.59 in
December 34.5°F 17.3°F 3.72 in 35.2°F 15.6°F 3.19 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 →