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 →