Climate twins of Marblehead, OH

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Marblehead'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: Marblehead vs its climate twin

Top match: Aliquippa, PA

Month Marblehead Aliquippa
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 34.4°F 21.8°F 1.90 in 35.5°F 20.8°F 2.59 in
February 37.0°F 23.4°F 1.77 in 39.3°F 22.4°F 2.68 in
March 45.0°F 30.9°F 2.56 in 47.7°F 28.4°F 3.20 in
April 57.3°F 41.3°F 3.76 in 61.4°F 39.6°F 3.59 in
May 68.5°F 53.2°F 3.25 in 71.8°F 50.6°F 3.55 in
June 78.1°F 63.4°F 3.67 in 79.7°F 59.7°F 4.22 in
July 82.3°F 67.2°F 3.55 in 83.7°F 64.1°F 3.86 in
August 80.5°F 65.8°F 3.02 in 82.7°F 62.6°F 3.16 in
September 74.5°F 58.9°F 3.07 in 75.7°F 55.9°F 3.45 in
October 63.0°F 47.6°F 2.72 in 63.5°F 44.8°F 2.78 in
November 50.1°F 36.8°F 2.64 in 50.4°F 33.8°F 2.68 in
December 39.3°F 27.8°F 2.12 in 40.4°F 26.9°F 2.79 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 →