Climate twins of La Plata, MD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches La Plata'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: La Plata vs its climate twin
Top match: Ridgeway, VA
| Month | La Plata | Ridgeway | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 44.2°F | 24.8°F | 3.29 in | 48.4°F | 23.8°F | 3.83 in |
| February | 47.6°F | 26.2°F | 2.97 in | 52.2°F | 25.5°F | 3.04 in |
| March | 55.9°F | 32.6°F | 4.24 in | 60.3°F | 31.6°F | 4.08 in |
| April | 67.3°F | 42.5°F | 3.31 in | 70.8°F | 40.4°F | 3.60 in |
| May | 73.7°F | 52.0°F | 4.32 in | 77.7°F | 50.3°F | 4.50 in |
| June | 81.5°F | 60.9°F | 4.19 in | 84.7°F | 59.2°F | 4.41 in |
| July | 85.3°F | 65.9°F | 4.57 in | 88.0°F | 64.0°F | 4.01 in |
| August | 83.3°F | 64.2°F | 4.84 in | 85.9°F | 62.6°F | 4.17 in |
| September | 76.7°F | 57.7°F | 4.87 in | 79.8°F | 55.5°F | 5.09 in |
| October | 66.1°F | 45.7°F | 4.18 in | 70.7°F | 42.8°F | 3.57 in |
| November | 57.3°F | 35.5°F | 3.34 in | 60.3°F | 31.7°F | 3.33 in |
| December | 48.1°F | 28.6°F | 3.99 in | 51.1°F | 26.3°F | 3.72 in |
Cities that consider La Plata their climate twin
These US cities have La Plata in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, La Plata would feel familiar.
- Hammonton, NJ (ranks La Plata #1)
- Allentown, PA (ranks La Plata #1)
- Bethlehem, PA (ranks La Plata #2)
- Absecon, NJ (ranks La Plata #1)
- Egg Harbor City, NJ (ranks La Plata #1)
- Port Republic, NJ (ranks La Plata #1)
- Estell Manor, NJ (ranks La Plata #1)
- Long Branch, NJ (ranks La Plata #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 →