Climate twins of Orleans, VT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Orleans'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: Orleans vs its climate twin
Top match: Tupper Lake, NY
| Month | Orleans | Tupper Lake | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 23.4°F | 3.9°F | 2.83 in | 25.3°F | 4.1°F | 3.25 in |
| February | 27.1°F | 5.0°F | 2.44 in | 28.6°F | 5.1°F | 2.65 in |
| March | 36.6°F | 14.9°F | 2.83 in | 36.5°F | 14.1°F | 3.11 in |
| April | 50.8°F | 29.2°F | 3.34 in | 50.2°F | 28.3°F | 3.79 in |
| May | 64.8°F | 41.9°F | 3.94 in | 64.6°F | 40.6°F | 3.77 in |
| June | 73.1°F | 51.6°F | 4.52 in | 72.9°F | 49.7°F | 4.55 in |
| July | 77.7°F | 56.6°F | 4.54 in | 77.4°F | 54.4°F | 4.32 in |
| August | 76.2°F | 54.5°F | 4.42 in | 75.9°F | 52.9°F | 4.16 in |
| September | 68.9°F | 46.8°F | 3.93 in | 69.1°F | 45.1°F | 3.86 in |
| October | 54.8°F | 35.6°F | 4.29 in | 55.1°F | 35.2°F | 4.41 in |
| November | 41.1°F | 25.3°F | 3.35 in | 42.1°F | 24.8°F | 3.66 in |
| December | 29.2°F | 13.5°F | 3.40 in | 31.1°F | 13.2°F | 3.52 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 →