Climate twins of Lowell, OH
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: Keyser, WV
| Month | Lowell | Keyser | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 38.4°F | 20.9°F | 3.60 in | 39.5°F | 20.7°F | 2.77 in |
| February | 42.4°F | 23.3°F | 3.08 in | 43.8°F | 21.9°F | 2.57 in |
| March | 52.4°F | 30.0°F | 4.08 in | 53.0°F | 28.2°F | 3.79 in |
| April | 65.1°F | 39.7°F | 3.61 in | 66.5°F | 37.2°F | 3.85 in |
| May | 74.2°F | 50.4°F | 4.44 in | 75.5°F | 47.1°F | 4.54 in |
| June | 82.0°F | 59.8°F | 4.58 in | 83.9°F | 56.0°F | 4.34 in |
| July | 85.3°F | 63.7°F | 4.60 in | 88.6°F | 60.9°F | 3.83 in |
| August | 84.1°F | 62.0°F | 3.60 in | 86.5°F | 59.1°F | 3.25 in |
| September | 78.3°F | 54.4°F | 3.64 in | 79.7°F | 51.7°F | 3.57 in |
| October | 66.7°F | 41.9°F | 2.96 in | 67.4°F | 40.3°F | 3.11 in |
| November | 53.9°F | 32.3°F | 3.03 in | 54.3°F | 30.6°F | 2.74 in |
| December | 43.1°F | 26.0°F | 3.31 in | 43.3°F | 24.9°F | 3.04 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 →