Climate twins of Fitchburg, MA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Fitchburg'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: Fitchburg vs its climate twin
Top match: Rhinebeck, NY
| Month | Fitchburg | Rhinebeck | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 33.5°F | 14.6°F | 3.52 in | 37.2°F | 11.4°F | 4.05 in |
| February | 35.1°F | 14.3°F | 3.30 in | 40.2°F | 11.9°F | 3.14 in |
| March | 43.8°F | 23.2°F | 4.35 in | 48.6°F | 19.8°F | 4.11 in |
| April | 57.1°F | 34.6°F | 4.19 in | 61.9°F | 30.5°F | 3.92 in |
| May | 67.1°F | 46.1°F | 3.70 in | 72.5°F | 42.5°F | 3.84 in |
| June | 75.8°F | 55.3°F | 4.27 in | 81.4°F | 51.5°F | 4.14 in |
| July | 80.6°F | 60.9°F | 3.69 in | 86.1°F | 55.6°F | 4.61 in |
| August | 78.9°F | 59.1°F | 4.28 in | 84.3°F | 55.1°F | 4.92 in |
| September | 73.2°F | 51.4°F | 4.25 in | 76.8°F | 46.7°F | 4.30 in |
| October | 59.9°F | 38.8°F | 5.31 in | 64.5°F | 35.1°F | 5.33 in |
| November | 47.7°F | 30.7°F | 3.88 in | 52.9°F | 26.0°F | 3.62 in |
| December | 37.4°F | 21.5°F | 4.86 in | 41.8°F | 17.2°F | 4.76 in |
Cities that consider Fitchburg their climate twin
These US cities have Fitchburg in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Fitchburg would feel familiar.
- Red Hook, NY (ranks Fitchburg #1)
- Rhinebeck, NY (ranks Fitchburg #1)
- Gardiner, ME (ranks Fitchburg #2)
- Gowanda, NY (ranks Fitchburg #3)
- North Collins, NY (ranks Fitchburg #3)
- South Dayton, NY (ranks Fitchburg #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 →