Climate twins of Caribou, ME
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Caribou'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: Caribou vs its climate twin
Top match: Marshfield, VT
| Month | Caribou | Marshfield | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 20.8°F | 2.6°F | 2.95 in | 25.3°F | 2.6°F | 2.73 in |
| February | 24.1°F | 4.4°F | 2.42 in | 28.8°F | 3.6°F | 2.43 in |
| March | 34.3°F | 15.6°F | 2.77 in | 38.2°F | 14.3°F | 2.61 in |
| April | 47.7°F | 29.4°F | 2.99 in | 51.7°F | 27.2°F | 3.17 in |
| May | 63.0°F | 41.4°F | 3.46 in | 66.0°F | 38.6°F | 3.58 in |
| June | 72.1°F | 50.6°F | 3.89 in | 75.0°F | 47.9°F | 4.57 in |
| July | 77.1°F | 56.3°F | 4.23 in | 80.0°F | 53.0°F | 4.67 in |
| August | 75.7°F | 54.1°F | 3.61 in | 78.3°F | 50.9°F | 3.38 in |
| September | 67.3°F | 45.9°F | 3.44 in | 70.5°F | 42.8°F | 3.45 in |
| October | 53.2°F | 35.9°F | 3.99 in | 55.7°F | 32.2°F | 4.28 in |
| November | 39.5°F | 25.6°F | 3.35 in | 41.9°F | 23.2°F | 2.82 in |
| December | 27.5°F | 12.3°F | 3.60 in | 30.6°F | 12.0°F | 3.27 in |
Cities that consider Caribou their climate twin
These US cities have Caribou in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Caribou would feel familiar.
- Marshfield, VT (ranks Caribou #1)
- Orleans, VT (ranks Caribou #3)
- Newport, VT (ranks Caribou #3)
- Barre, VT (ranks Caribou #3)
- Montreal, WI (ranks Caribou #2)
- Hurley, WI (ranks Caribou #2)
- Lake Placid, NY (ranks Caribou #1)
- L'Anse, MI (ranks Caribou #2)
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 →