Climate twins of Hamlet, IN

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hamlet'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: Hamlet vs its climate twin

Top match: Wooster, OH

Month Hamlet Wooster
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 31.9°F 15.8°F 2.73 in 35.1°F 18.2°F 2.59 in
February 35.4°F 18.2°F 2.44 in 38.4°F 19.8°F 2.04 in
March 47.3°F 28.0°F 2.53 in 48.1°F 27.4°F 2.98 in
April 60.5°F 37.7°F 3.75 in 61.3°F 37.7°F 4.04 in
May 70.9°F 49.1°F 4.45 in 71.8°F 48.0°F 4.53 in
June 79.7°F 58.6°F 4.65 in 80.1°F 57.0°F 4.77 in
July 82.4°F 61.9°F 4.35 in 83.6°F 60.5°F 4.41 in
August 80.8°F 59.9°F 4.48 in 82.3°F 58.8°F 3.87 in
September 74.0°F 52.3°F 3.47 in 75.8°F 51.5°F 3.58 in
October 62.9°F 41.9°F 3.59 in 63.6°F 40.5°F 3.49 in
November 48.6°F 31.5°F 3.17 in 50.6°F 31.5°F 2.96 in
December 37.1°F 22.4°F 2.61 in 39.8°F 24.0°F 2.72 in

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 →