Climate twins of Gardiner, ME
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Gardiner'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: Gardiner vs its climate twin
Top match: Gardner, MA
| Month | Gardiner | Gardner | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 30.2°F | 9.4°F | 3.58 in | 30.6°F | 13.6°F | 3.55 in |
| February | 33.3°F | 10.2°F | 2.95 in | 33.0°F | 15.0°F | 3.34 in |
| March | 41.5°F | 20.8°F | 3.71 in | 41.3°F | 22.7°F | 4.41 in |
| April | 54.2°F | 32.7°F | 4.18 in | 54.6°F | 33.6°F | 4.21 in |
| May | 66.3°F | 43.8°F | 3.66 in | 66.0°F | 44.3°F | 4.02 in |
| June | 75.0°F | 53.5°F | 4.40 in | 74.6°F | 53.7°F | 4.17 in |
| July | 80.6°F | 59.5°F | 3.42 in | 79.6°F | 59.6°F | 3.94 in |
| August | 79.9°F | 58.0°F | 3.61 in | 78.1°F | 57.4°F | 3.89 in |
| September | 72.4°F | 49.7°F | 3.93 in | 70.8°F | 50.7°F | 4.24 in |
| October | 59.7°F | 38.6°F | 5.39 in | 57.4°F | 39.2°F | 5.08 in |
| November | 47.3°F | 29.0°F | 4.52 in | 45.9°F | 30.5°F | 3.82 in |
| December | 36.4°F | 17.9°F | 4.38 in | 35.2°F | 20.2°F | 4.65 in |
Cities that consider Gardiner their climate twin
These US cities have Gardiner in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Gardiner would feel familiar.
- Gardner, MA (ranks Gardiner #1)
- Fitchburg, MA (ranks Gardiner #3)
- Lacona, NY (ranks Gardiner #2)
- Mannsville, NY (ranks Gardiner #2)
- Mexico, NY (ranks Gardiner #2)
- Pulaski, NY (ranks Gardiner #2)
- Sandy Creek, NY (ranks Gardiner #2)
- Ellisburg, NY (ranks Gardiner #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 →