Climate twins of Dover, NH
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Dover'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: Dover vs its climate twin
Top match: Phoenix, NY
| Month | Dover | Phoenix | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.4°F | 14.8°F | 3.38 in | 30.9°F | 12.6°F | 3.52 in |
| February | 35.5°F | 16.4°F | 3.52 in | 33.0°F | 12.1°F | 4.02 in |
| March | 43.2°F | 24.5°F | 4.39 in | 41.3°F | 21.3°F | 3.49 in |
| April | 55.4°F | 33.8°F | 4.20 in | 55.1°F | 32.8°F | 3.85 in |
| May | 65.9°F | 44.1°F | 3.80 in | 68.0°F | 44.6°F | 3.88 in |
| June | 74.9°F | 53.3°F | 4.28 in | 75.9°F | 53.6°F | 4.14 in |
| July | 80.5°F | 59.0°F | 3.76 in | 80.8°F | 58.2°F | 4.04 in |
| August | 79.7°F | 57.3°F | 3.43 in | 79.5°F | 56.7°F | 3.94 in |
| September | 71.7°F | 49.8°F | 3.86 in | 72.4°F | 48.7°F | 3.98 in |
| October | 60.1°F | 39.0°F | 4.79 in | 59.4°F | 39.7°F | 4.59 in |
| November | 48.2°F | 30.3°F | 3.95 in | 48.0°F | 30.4°F | 3.91 in |
| December | 37.8°F | 21.6°F | 4.47 in | 36.8°F | 21.5°F | 4.17 in |
Cities that consider Dover their climate twin
These US cities have Dover in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Dover would feel familiar.
- Central Square, NY (ranks Dover #1)
- Phoenix, NY (ranks Dover #1)
- Ellsworth, ME (ranks Dover #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 →