Climate twins of Biltmore Forest, NC

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Biltmore Forest'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: Biltmore Forest vs its climate twin

Top match: Dobbs Ferry, NY

Month Biltmore Forest Dobbs Ferry
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 46.3°F 24.5°F 4.50 in 39.8°F 23.1°F 3.87 in
February 50.6°F 26.1°F 3.57 in 42.9°F 24.5°F 3.30 in
March 58.0°F 32.0°F 4.64 in 50.7°F 31.0°F 4.37 in
April 67.7°F 39.8°F 4.46 in 62.8°F 40.1°F 4.26 in
May 74.9°F 49.8°F 4.12 in 73.0°F 49.5°F 4.27 in
June 81.0°F 57.8°F 4.75 in 80.8°F 58.8°F 4.58 in
July 84.0°F 61.7°F 5.19 in 85.6°F 64.4°F 4.53 in
August 83.0°F 60.6°F 4.13 in 83.9°F 63.2°F 4.44 in
September 77.2°F 54.4°F 4.74 in 76.9°F 56.1°F 4.61 in
October 68.0°F 42.5°F 3.64 in 65.4°F 45.1°F 4.43 in
November 57.4°F 31.5°F 4.07 in 54.4°F 36.0°F 3.88 in
December 49.0°F 27.2°F 4.20 in 44.5°F 28.6°F 4.70 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 →