Climate twins of Nashua, NH

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

Top match: Walden, NY

Month Nashua Walden
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 34.5°F 13.8°F 3.00 in 36.3°F 15.5°F 2.98 in
February 37.5°F 15.5°F 3.07 in 39.2°F 17.4°F 2.67 in
March 45.3°F 24.1°F 4.11 in 47.4°F 25.8°F 3.55 in
April 58.4°F 34.7°F 3.91 in 60.5°F 36.5°F 3.69 in
May 69.4°F 46.1°F 3.63 in 71.4°F 47.2°F 3.82 in
June 78.7°F 55.9°F 4.19 in 79.8°F 56.5°F 4.38 in
July 84.7°F 61.6°F 3.63 in 85.1°F 60.9°F 3.98 in
August 82.7°F 59.7°F 3.71 in 82.6°F 59.4°F 4.48 in
September 75.2°F 52.2°F 4.15 in 75.7°F 51.3°F 4.29 in
October 62.3°F 38.9°F 4.66 in 64.1°F 39.6°F 4.70 in
November 50.5°F 29.1°F 3.74 in 52.2°F 30.7°F 3.23 in
December 39.6°F 19.5°F 4.45 in 41.1°F 22.6°F 3.63 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 →