Climate twins of Old Bennington, VT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Old Bennington'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: Old Bennington vs its climate twin
Top match: Portville, NY
| Month | Old Bennington | Portville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.2°F | 13.0°F | 2.37 in | 31.7°F | 13.1°F | 2.73 in |
| February | 35.2°F | 14.4°F | 1.94 in | 34.4°F | 14.8°F | 1.97 in |
| March | 43.6°F | 23.2°F | 2.65 in | 43.1°F | 21.1°F | 2.63 in |
| April | 56.9°F | 34.1°F | 2.49 in | 56.5°F | 32.4°F | 3.35 in |
| May | 68.6°F | 44.0°F | 3.47 in | 68.3°F | 43.7°F | 3.66 in |
| June | 76.2°F | 52.4°F | 4.05 in | 76.0°F | 52.5°F | 4.48 in |
| July | 80.6°F | 57.2°F | 4.65 in | 80.3°F | 57.0°F | 4.28 in |
| August | 79.2°F | 55.3°F | 3.86 in | 78.7°F | 55.3°F | 4.03 in |
| September | 72.2°F | 48.1°F | 3.82 in | 72.6°F | 49.0°F | 3.85 in |
| October | 59.9°F | 37.8°F | 3.61 in | 59.8°F | 38.4°F | 3.60 in |
| November | 48.5°F | 29.3°F | 2.77 in | 47.3°F | 28.5°F | 2.87 in |
| December | 37.5°F | 20.6°F | 2.90 in | 37.1°F | 20.7°F | 3.22 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 →