Climate twins of Watertown, NY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Watertown'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: Watertown vs its climate twin
Top match: Waterville, ME
| Month | Watertown | Waterville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 28.9°F | 10.7°F | 3.58 in | 28.5°F | 8.8°F | 3.12 in |
| February | 30.9°F | 11.7°F | 2.88 in | 31.8°F | 9.9°F | 2.61 in |
| March | 39.6°F | 21.6°F | 2.75 in | 40.3°F | 20.5°F | 3.27 in |
| April | 53.5°F | 34.5°F | 3.53 in | 53.5°F | 32.2°F | 3.73 in |
| May | 66.9°F | 47.2°F | 3.65 in | 65.8°F | 43.2°F | 3.33 in |
| June | 75.3°F | 56.9°F | 3.71 in | 74.7°F | 53.1°F | 4.03 in |
| July | 79.8°F | 62.0°F | 3.47 in | 80.1°F | 59.1°F | 3.37 in |
| August | 78.7°F | 60.5°F | 3.84 in | 79.5°F | 57.4°F | 3.39 in |
| September | 71.8°F | 52.3°F | 3.85 in | 71.7°F | 49.5°F | 3.82 in |
| October | 58.6°F | 41.0°F | 5.01 in | 58.7°F | 38.4°F | 4.90 in |
| November | 46.4°F | 30.5°F | 4.24 in | 46.1°F | 28.7°F | 3.87 in |
| December | 34.9°F | 19.7°F | 3.85 in | 34.5°F | 17.2°F | 3.92 in |
Cities that consider Watertown their climate twin
These US cities have Watertown in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Watertown would feel familiar.
- Waterville, ME (ranks Watertown #3)
- Auburn, ME (ranks Watertown #1)
- Lewiston, ME (ranks Watertown #1)
- Hallowell, ME (ranks Watertown #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 →