Climate twins of Rockland, ME
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Rockland'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: Rockland vs its climate twin
Top match: Springville, NY
| Month | Rockland | Springville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 30.3°F | 12.0°F | 4.75 in | 29.5°F | 15.8°F | 4.84 in |
| February | 32.5°F | 13.6°F | 4.20 in | 30.7°F | 15.6°F | 3.88 in |
| March | 39.6°F | 22.2°F | 5.01 in | 39.2°F | 22.5°F | 3.65 in |
| April | 51.4°F | 33.6°F | 5.21 in | 52.7°F | 33.7°F | 4.45 in |
| May | 62.4°F | 44.1°F | 4.22 in | 64.9°F | 45.9°F | 4.14 in |
| June | 70.8°F | 53.5°F | 4.49 in | 73.3°F | 55.0°F | 4.52 in |
| July | 76.7°F | 59.6°F | 3.20 in | 77.3°F | 59.3°F | 4.38 in |
| August | 76.3°F | 59.2°F | 3.37 in | 75.7°F | 57.7°F | 4.04 in |
| September | 69.0°F | 51.9°F | 4.49 in | 70.2°F | 51.3°F | 4.63 in |
| October | 57.2°F | 40.9°F | 6.07 in | 57.3°F | 40.9°F | 5.39 in |
| November | 46.7°F | 31.1°F | 5.27 in | 45.1°F | 31.7°F | 4.81 in |
| December | 36.4°F | 20.2°F | 5.92 in | 34.8°F | 22.6°F | 4.53 in |
Cities that consider Rockland their climate twin
These US cities have Rockland in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Rockland would feel familiar.
- Saugerties, NY (ranks Rockland #3)
- Tivoli, NY (ranks Rockland #3)
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 →