Climate twins of Haverhill, MA

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

Top match: Shelton, CT

Month Haverhill Shelton
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 34.9°F 16.2°F 3.53 in 36.0°F 18.4°F 3.95 in
February 37.6°F 16.9°F 3.59 in 38.1°F 18.9°F 3.62 in
March 45.0°F 24.3°F 4.80 in 46.8°F 27.4°F 4.72 in
April 57.0°F 34.3°F 4.29 in 58.2°F 37.5°F 4.72 in
May 67.5°F 44.8°F 4.08 in 69.0°F 47.2°F 4.04 in
June 76.4°F 54.4°F 4.23 in 77.3°F 57.9°F 3.93 in
July 82.4°F 61.1°F 3.55 in 82.0°F 63.1°F 4.30 in
August 81.1°F 58.8°F 3.76 in 82.0°F 62.1°F 4.56 in
September 73.5°F 51.1°F 4.01 in 75.0°F 53.6°F 4.38 in
October 61.8°F 39.6°F 5.32 in 63.3°F 41.2°F 5.00 in
November 50.5°F 30.6°F 3.90 in 51.6°F 32.0°F 4.24 in
December 40.2°F 22.3°F 4.52 in 41.2°F 23.3°F 4.57 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 →