Climate twins of Burlington, NJ
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Burlington'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: Burlington vs its climate twin
Top match: Jeannette, PA
| Month | Burlington | Jeannette | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 38.8°F | 22.5°F | 3.32 in | 37.7°F | 21.5°F | 3.19 in |
| February | 41.8°F | 23.4°F | 2.71 in | 40.6°F | 21.9°F | 2.75 in |
| March | 50.1°F | 30.6°F | 4.05 in | 50.3°F | 28.8°F | 3.30 in |
| April | 62.7°F | 40.6°F | 3.48 in | 63.7°F | 38.9°F | 3.75 in |
| May | 71.9°F | 50.9°F | 3.63 in | 74.1°F | 50.8°F | 4.08 in |
| June | 80.8°F | 60.8°F | 4.17 in | 82.6°F | 59.4°F | 4.59 in |
| July | 85.3°F | 65.9°F | 5.10 in | 85.8°F | 63.9°F | 4.83 in |
| August | 83.1°F | 64.0°F | 4.49 in | 84.1°F | 62.3°F | 4.18 in |
| September | 76.3°F | 56.7°F | 3.65 in | 76.6°F | 54.6°F | 3.44 in |
| October | 64.2°F | 44.6°F | 3.82 in | 64.7°F | 43.1°F | 3.36 in |
| November | 53.7°F | 34.1°F | 3.18 in | 52.0°F | 32.9°F | 2.88 in |
| December | 43.9°F | 27.6°F | 4.31 in | 41.4°F | 26.6°F | 3.22 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 →