Climate twins of Cambridge, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cambridge'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: Cambridge vs its climate twin
Top match: Long Pine, NE
| Month | Cambridge | Long Pine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 41.4°F | 12.6°F | 0.41 in | 36.9°F | 15.2°F | 0.42 in |
| February | 44.8°F | 15.4°F | 0.64 in | 40.1°F | 17.6°F | 0.63 in |
| March | 55.9°F | 24.9°F | 1.17 in | 51.4°F | 26.4°F | 1.20 in |
| April | 64.7°F | 34.7°F | 2.23 in | 61.2°F | 35.5°F | 2.64 in |
| May | 73.9°F | 46.3°F | 3.26 in | 71.4°F | 46.8°F | 3.80 in |
| June | 84.5°F | 58.0°F | 3.78 in | 81.4°F | 57.2°F | 3.77 in |
| July | 89.4°F | 63.3°F | 3.88 in | 87.8°F | 62.9°F | 3.05 in |
| August | 87.4°F | 60.6°F | 3.02 in | 85.6°F | 60.9°F | 2.81 in |
| September | 80.6°F | 50.1°F | 1.67 in | 78.4°F | 52.1°F | 2.56 in |
| October | 68.0°F | 35.4°F | 1.82 in | 64.4°F | 39.1°F | 1.73 in |
| November | 54.5°F | 22.9°F | 0.89 in | 49.6°F | 27.0°F | 0.63 in |
| December | 42.5°F | 13.9°F | 0.67 in | 38.3°F | 18.0°F | 0.57 in |
Cities that consider Cambridge their climate twin
These US cities have Cambridge in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Cambridge would feel familiar.
- Burlington, CO (ranks Cambridge #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 →