Climate twins of Westminster, MD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Westminster'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: Westminster vs its climate twin
Top match: Elyria, OH
| Month | Westminster | Elyria | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 39.3°F | 21.2°F | 3.02 in | 36.3°F | 21.5°F | 2.84 in |
| February | 42.2°F | 22.6°F | 2.59 in | 39.6°F | 22.8°F | 2.37 in |
| March | 50.4°F | 29.9°F | 3.71 in | 49.0°F | 30.2°F | 2.99 in |
| April | 62.8°F | 39.8°F | 3.73 in | 62.8°F | 39.9°F | 3.75 in |
| May | 72.3°F | 50.1°F | 3.88 in | 73.3°F | 50.8°F | 3.94 in |
| June | 80.9°F | 59.6°F | 3.68 in | 81.0°F | 60.2°F | 4.04 in |
| July | 85.3°F | 63.8°F | 4.31 in | 84.9°F | 64.7°F | 4.13 in |
| August | 83.6°F | 61.9°F | 3.86 in | 83.0°F | 62.9°F | 4.11 in |
| September | 76.9°F | 54.4°F | 4.83 in | 77.0°F | 56.2°F | 4.05 in |
| October | 65.6°F | 42.7°F | 3.86 in | 65.3°F | 45.6°F | 3.63 in |
| November | 54.1°F | 33.1°F | 3.13 in | 52.3°F | 35.6°F | 3.04 in |
| December | 43.8°F | 25.6°F | 3.51 in | 40.8°F | 27.4°F | 3.07 in |
Cities that consider Westminster their climate twin
These US cities have Westminster in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Westminster would feel familiar.
- Avon, OH (ranks Westminster #3)
- Avon Lake, OH (ranks Westminster #3)
- Elyria, OH (ranks Westminster #3)
- North Ridgeville, OH (ranks Westminster #3)
- Sheffield, OH (ranks Westminster #3)
- Sheffield Lake, OH (ranks Westminster #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 →