Climate twins of Laurel, MD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Laurel'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: Laurel vs its climate twin
Top match: Kenbridge, VA
| Month | Laurel | Kenbridge | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.7°F | 26.1°F | 3.46 in | 48.2°F | 26.5°F | 3.74 in |
| February | 46.1°F | 28.0°F | 2.73 in | 51.9°F | 28.2°F | 2.86 in |
| March | 54.8°F | 34.8°F | 4.20 in | 59.2°F | 35.0°F | 4.12 in |
| April | 67.0°F | 44.9°F | 3.80 in | 69.8°F | 44.1°F | 3.69 in |
| May | 75.5°F | 55.3°F | 4.41 in | 76.7°F | 54.4°F | 4.35 in |
| June | 84.2°F | 64.5°F | 4.38 in | 84.1°F | 63.1°F | 4.28 in |
| July | 88.6°F | 69.4°F | 4.17 in | 87.7°F | 67.8°F | 4.43 in |
| August | 87.1°F | 67.9°F | 3.80 in | 85.9°F | 66.1°F | 4.20 in |
| September | 80.0°F | 61.2°F | 4.70 in | 80.4°F | 59.3°F | 4.39 in |
| October | 68.5°F | 49.7°F | 4.41 in | 70.4°F | 46.5°F | 3.90 in |
| November | 57.1°F | 38.6°F | 3.52 in | 60.4°F | 35.8°F | 3.13 in |
| December | 47.0°F | 31.4°F | 3.93 in | 51.6°F | 29.7°F | 3.75 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 →