Climate twins of Burgaw, NC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Burgaw'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: Burgaw vs its climate twin
Top match: Summerville, SC
| Month | Burgaw | Summerville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 55.7°F | 31.8°F | 3.94 in | 58.2°F | 34.5°F | 3.63 in |
| February | 59.2°F | 34.6°F | 3.18 in | 61.9°F | 37.0°F | 3.27 in |
| March | 66.4°F | 39.9°F | 3.70 in | 68.5°F | 42.2°F | 3.89 in |
| April | 74.9°F | 47.5°F | 3.97 in | 75.6°F | 49.5°F | 3.45 in |
| May | 80.7°F | 56.4°F | 4.01 in | 82.3°F | 59.1°F | 3.52 in |
| June | 86.6°F | 64.6°F | 5.44 in | 87.2°F | 67.2°F | 5.60 in |
| July | 88.7°F | 68.6°F | 6.29 in | 90.1°F | 70.9°F | 6.78 in |
| August | 87.4°F | 67.3°F | 7.12 in | 89.7°F | 70.4°F | 6.17 in |
| September | 82.4°F | 62.0°F | 6.93 in | 84.7°F | 64.8°F | 5.88 in |
| October | 74.3°F | 50.7°F | 4.27 in | 76.6°F | 53.0°F | 4.12 in |
| November | 65.3°F | 40.4°F | 3.41 in | 67.7°F | 42.2°F | 2.97 in |
| December | 57.8°F | 35.4°F | 3.59 in | 61.3°F | 37.4°F | 3.42 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 →