Climate twins of Waterville, ME
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Waterville'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: Waterville vs its climate twin
Top match: Woodstock, VT
| Month | Waterville | Woodstock | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 28.5°F | 8.8°F | 3.12 in | 29.5°F | 7.3°F | 2.85 in |
| February | 31.8°F | 9.9°F | 2.61 in | 32.8°F | 8.5°F | 2.65 in |
| March | 40.3°F | 20.5°F | 3.27 in | 41.0°F | 18.7°F | 3.19 in |
| April | 53.5°F | 32.2°F | 3.73 in | 55.0°F | 31.4°F | 3.50 in |
| May | 65.8°F | 43.2°F | 3.33 in | 68.1°F | 42.7°F | 3.61 in |
| June | 74.7°F | 53.1°F | 4.03 in | 76.9°F | 52.6°F | 4.11 in |
| July | 80.1°F | 59.1°F | 3.37 in | 81.6°F | 57.4°F | 3.92 in |
| August | 79.5°F | 57.4°F | 3.39 in | 80.1°F | 55.4°F | 3.68 in |
| September | 71.7°F | 49.5°F | 3.82 in | 73.0°F | 47.3°F | 3.59 in |
| October | 58.7°F | 38.4°F | 4.90 in | 59.2°F | 35.5°F | 4.57 in |
| November | 46.1°F | 28.7°F | 3.87 in | 46.4°F | 26.1°F | 3.59 in |
| December | 34.5°F | 17.2°F | 3.92 in | 35.2°F | 15.6°F | 3.19 in |
Cities that consider Waterville their climate twin
These US cities have Waterville in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Waterville would feel familiar.
- Woodstock, VT (ranks Waterville #2)
- Franklin, NH (ranks Waterville #1)
- Watertown, NY (ranks Waterville #1)
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 →