Climate twins of Alma, GA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Alma'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: Alma vs its climate twin
Top match: Forest Acres, SC
| Month | Alma | Forest Acres | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 62.6°F | 39.3°F | 3.72 in | 59.6°F | 36.7°F | 3.84 in |
| February | 66.5°F | 42.3°F | 3.37 in | 64.1°F | 39.7°F | 3.54 in |
| March | 72.8°F | 47.5°F | 4.17 in | 71.8°F | 45.8°F | 4.11 in |
| April | 79.7°F | 53.3°F | 2.85 in | 80.6°F | 53.6°F | 2.92 in |
| May | 86.6°F | 61.7°F | 2.78 in | 87.2°F | 61.8°F | 3.63 in |
| June | 91.0°F | 69.0°F | 5.34 in | 92.6°F | 68.9°F | 5.41 in |
| July | 93.2°F | 71.6°F | 5.23 in | 95.6°F | 72.1°F | 5.17 in |
| August | 92.0°F | 71.5°F | 5.37 in | 93.8°F | 71.1°F | 5.01 in |
| September | 87.9°F | 67.1°F | 3.80 in | 88.8°F | 65.7°F | 4.25 in |
| October | 80.3°F | 57.0°F | 2.93 in | 79.5°F | 54.2°F | 3.31 in |
| November | 71.5°F | 46.5°F | 2.21 in | 68.9°F | 44.1°F | 3.04 in |
| December | 64.7°F | 41.7°F | 3.03 in | 61.3°F | 38.7°F | 3.88 in |
Cities that consider Alma their climate twin
These US cities have Alma in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Alma would feel familiar.
- Cayce, SC (ranks Alma #2)
- Forest Acres, SC (ranks Alma #2)
- Arcadia Lakes, SC (ranks Alma #2)
- Cameron, SC (ranks Alma #3)
- Kiawah Island, SC (ranks Alma #2)
- Charleston, SC (ranks Alma #3)
- Folly Beach, SC (ranks Alma #2)
- James Island, SC (ranks Alma #2)
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 →