Climate twins of Lowell, MA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lowell'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: Lowell vs its climate twin
Top match: Haverstraw, NY
| Month | Lowell | Haverstraw | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 34.0°F | 15.8°F | 3.61 in | 35.5°F | 16.7°F | 3.72 in |
| February | 37.3°F | 16.9°F | 3.20 in | 38.6°F | 17.9°F | 3.06 in |
| March | 45.4°F | 24.4°F | 4.32 in | 46.8°F | 25.4°F | 4.10 in |
| April | 59.0°F | 34.6°F | 4.06 in | 59.7°F | 35.9°F | 3.89 in |
| May | 70.0°F | 45.0°F | 3.81 in | 69.6°F | 45.9°F | 3.91 in |
| June | 79.0°F | 55.0°F | 4.37 in | 78.0°F | 55.2°F | 5.00 in |
| July | 84.7°F | 60.9°F | 3.86 in | 83.0°F | 60.8°F | 4.32 in |
| August | 83.0°F | 59.3°F | 4.00 in | 81.1°F | 59.3°F | 4.28 in |
| September | 75.5°F | 51.5°F | 3.89 in | 74.4°F | 51.9°F | 4.80 in |
| October | 62.4°F | 39.5°F | 5.00 in | 62.5°F | 40.9°F | 4.61 in |
| November | 50.5°F | 30.3°F | 3.85 in | 51.4°F | 31.5°F | 4.24 in |
| December | 39.8°F | 22.1°F | 4.54 in | 40.8°F | 23.3°F | 4.37 in |
Cities that consider Lowell their climate twin
These US cities have Lowell in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Lowell would feel familiar.
- Briarcliff Manor, NY (ranks Lowell #3)
- Croton-on-Hudson, NY (ranks Lowell #3)
- Haverstraw, NY (ranks Lowell #3)
- Mount Kisco, NY (ranks Lowell #2)
- Ossining, NY (ranks Lowell #3)
- West Haverstraw, NY (ranks Lowell #3)
- Buchanan, NY (ranks Lowell #2)
- Peekskill, NY (ranks Lowell #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 →