Climate twins of North Adams, MA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches North Adams'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: North Adams vs its climate twin
Top match: Marathon, NY
| Month | North Adams | Marathon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.4°F | 14.3°F | 2.52 in | 32.3°F | 15.3°F | 2.56 in |
| February | 35.3°F | 15.5°F | 1.97 in | 34.4°F | 14.0°F | 2.27 in |
| March | 43.6°F | 23.5°F | 3.08 in | 42.4°F | 21.4°F | 3.10 in |
| April | 56.9°F | 33.5°F | 3.12 in | 56.0°F | 33.0°F | 3.53 in |
| May | 68.6°F | 43.9°F | 3.73 in | 68.1°F | 43.7°F | 3.51 in |
| June | 76.4°F | 53.0°F | 4.41 in | 75.9°F | 52.6°F | 4.42 in |
| July | 80.9°F | 57.7°F | 4.13 in | 81.3°F | 57.5°F | 3.91 in |
| August | 79.0°F | 56.1°F | 4.47 in | 78.9°F | 56.7°F | 4.44 in |
| September | 72.1°F | 48.8°F | 4.22 in | 72.3°F | 49.4°F | 3.96 in |
| October | 60.0°F | 38.4°F | 4.28 in | 60.6°F | 39.3°F | 3.75 in |
| November | 48.4°F | 29.7°F | 3.25 in | 48.1°F | 30.1°F | 2.96 in |
| December | 37.6°F | 21.5°F | 3.12 in | 37.2°F | 21.6°F | 2.89 in |
Cities that consider North Adams their climate twin
These US cities have North Adams in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, North Adams would feel familiar.
- Clayville, NY (ranks North Adams #1)
- Clinton, NY (ranks North Adams #2)
- New Hartford, NY (ranks North Adams #1)
- New York Mills, NY (ranks North Adams #1)
- Oriskany, NY (ranks North Adams #1)
- Oriskany Falls, NY (ranks North Adams #3)
- Utica, NY (ranks North Adams #1)
- Waterville, NY (ranks North Adams #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 →