Climate twins of Lincoln, CA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lincoln'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: Lincoln vs its climate twin
Top match: Sierra Madre, CA
| Month | Lincoln | Sierra Madre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 56.3°F | 37.8°F | 7.01 in | 56.2°F | 38.1°F | 7.73 in |
| February | 59.4°F | 40.0°F | 6.50 in | 54.8°F | 36.6°F | 8.26 in |
| March | 63.1°F | 42.3°F | 6.12 in | 59.2°F | 38.8°F | 5.11 in |
| April | 68.1°F | 44.8°F | 2.84 in | 63.1°F | 41.7°F | 2.05 in |
| May | 76.9°F | 51.5°F | 1.65 in | 69.6°F | 48.2°F | 1.05 in |
| June | 85.7°F | 57.5°F | 0.41 in | 78.5°F | 57.5°F | 0.21 in |
| July | 92.7°F | 63.4°F | 0.01 in | 84.5°F | 64.2°F | 0.21 in |
| August | 92.0°F | 62.8°F | 0.07 in | 85.1°F | 63.9°F | 0.01 in |
| September | 86.8°F | 59.5°F | 0.24 in | 80.9°F | 59.0°F | 0.32 in |
| October | 76.9°F | 51.6°F | 1.42 in | 71.6°F | 51.3°F | 1.31 in |
| November | 63.8°F | 43.1°F | 3.05 in | 62.9°F | 43.4°F | 1.88 in |
| December | 55.8°F | 37.2°F | 6.80 in | 54.6°F | 37.4°F | 4.03 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 →