Climate twins of University Park, MD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches University Park'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: University Park vs its climate twin
Top match: Beverly, NJ
| Month | University Park | Beverly | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.7°F | 25.3°F | 2.87 in | 41.8°F | 26.6°F | 3.34 in |
| February | 45.5°F | 27.0°F | 2.40 in | 44.9°F | 28.1°F | 2.57 in |
| March | 53.4°F | 34.1°F | 3.72 in | 53.1°F | 34.7°F | 3.96 in |
| April | 65.3°F | 43.8°F | 3.28 in | 65.2°F | 44.2°F | 3.77 in |
| May | 74.2°F | 53.6°F | 4.27 in | 74.5°F | 54.1°F | 3.61 in |
| June | 83.0°F | 63.0°F | 4.23 in | 83.3°F | 63.9°F | 3.87 in |
| July | 87.1°F | 67.6°F | 4.51 in | 88.2°F | 69.4°F | 4.32 in |
| August | 85.6°F | 66.1°F | 3.88 in | 86.1°F | 67.7°F | 4.22 in |
| September | 79.2°F | 59.4°F | 4.42 in | 79.3°F | 60.3°F | 4.52 in |
| October | 67.8°F | 46.8°F | 4.04 in | 67.5°F | 48.3°F | 3.63 in |
| November | 56.7°F | 36.7°F | 2.92 in | 56.6°F | 38.4°F | 3.19 in |
| December | 46.8°F | 29.8°F | 3.48 in | 46.7°F | 31.2°F | 4.00 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 →