Climate twins of Meriden, CT

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

Top match: Erie, PA

Month Meriden Erie
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 37.0°F 18.7°F 3.05 in 35.2°F 21.3°F 3.41 in
February 39.1°F 20.2°F 2.93 in 36.5°F 21.4°F 2.52 in
March 47.5°F 28.2°F 4.05 in 44.3°F 27.9°F 3.08 in
April 59.9°F 37.8°F 4.13 in 56.8°F 38.0°F 3.47 in
May 70.4°F 47.8°F 3.48 in 68.3°F 49.3°F 3.50 in
June 78.7°F 57.0°F 4.05 in 77.1°F 59.4°F 3.70 in
July 84.0°F 62.5°F 3.38 in 81.1°F 64.2°F 3.33 in
August 82.4°F 61.1°F 3.54 in 79.9°F 63.2°F 3.35 in
September 75.4°F 53.6°F 4.28 in 73.7°F 56.7°F 4.32 in
October 63.6°F 41.8°F 4.49 in 62.3°F 46.3°F 4.38 in
November 52.0°F 32.1°F 3.36 in 50.5°F 36.7°F 3.75 in
December 41.7°F 24.5°F 4.12 in 40.2°F 28.0°F 4.17 in

Cities that consider Meriden their climate twin

These US cities have Meriden in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Meriden would feel familiar.

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 →