Climate twins of Framingham, MA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Framingham'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: Framingham vs its climate twin
Top match: Haverstraw, NY
| Month | Framingham | Haverstraw | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 35.2°F | 17.5°F | 3.37 in | 35.5°F | 16.7°F | 3.72 in |
| February | 38.2°F | 17.6°F | 3.07 in | 38.6°F | 17.9°F | 3.06 in |
| March | 46.1°F | 25.4°F | 3.95 in | 46.8°F | 25.4°F | 4.10 in |
| April | 58.0°F | 35.1°F | 4.07 in | 59.7°F | 35.9°F | 3.89 in |
| May | 67.7°F | 45.6°F | 3.78 in | 69.6°F | 45.9°F | 3.91 in |
| June | 76.5°F | 55.9°F | 4.14 in | 78.0°F | 55.2°F | 5.00 in |
| July | 81.8°F | 61.7°F | 3.85 in | 83.0°F | 60.8°F | 4.32 in |
| August | 80.4°F | 59.4°F | 3.82 in | 81.1°F | 59.3°F | 4.28 in |
| September | 73.0°F | 51.8°F | 4.21 in | 74.4°F | 51.9°F | 4.80 in |
| October | 61.7°F | 39.7°F | 4.83 in | 62.5°F | 40.9°F | 4.61 in |
| November | 51.3°F | 31.1°F | 3.74 in | 51.4°F | 31.5°F | 4.24 in |
| December | 40.7°F | 22.9°F | 4.43 in | 40.8°F | 23.3°F | 4.37 in |
Cities that consider Framingham their climate twin
These US cities have Framingham in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Framingham would feel familiar.
- West Haverstraw, NY (ranks Framingham #1)
- Briarcliff Manor, NY (ranks Framingham #1)
- Croton-on-Hudson, NY (ranks Framingham #1)
- Haverstraw, NY (ranks Framingham #1)
- Mount Kisco, NY (ranks Framingham #1)
- Ossining, NY (ranks Framingham #1)
- Danbury, CT (ranks Framingham #2)
- Millbrook, NY (ranks Framingham #1)
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 →