Climate twins of Burnsville, NC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Burnsville'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: Burnsville vs its climate twin
Top match: Blaine, KY
| Month | Burnsville | Blaine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 44.5°F | 26.5°F | 3.77 in | 43.8°F | 22.5°F | 3.29 in |
| February | 49.1°F | 29.1°F | 3.53 in | 47.8°F | 24.8°F | 2.93 in |
| March | 56.2°F | 34.2°F | 3.77 in | 57.6°F | 29.9°F | 4.04 in |
| April | 66.0°F | 41.9°F | 4.21 in | 69.6°F | 38.8°F | 4.59 in |
| May | 73.0°F | 48.8°F | 3.91 in | 75.9°F | 49.2°F | 4.62 in |
| June | 79.8°F | 58.2°F | 4.38 in | 82.4°F | 58.4°F | 4.69 in |
| July | 83.2°F | 61.2°F | 4.36 in | 85.4°F | 62.5°F | 4.73 in |
| August | 81.1°F | 59.7°F | 4.27 in | 84.3°F | 60.8°F | 3.70 in |
| September | 75.9°F | 53.9°F | 4.21 in | 79.1°F | 53.3°F | 4.04 in |
| October | 66.9°F | 42.1°F | 2.64 in | 68.5°F | 41.0°F | 3.08 in |
| November | 57.3°F | 33.6°F | 3.01 in | 57.2°F | 30.2°F | 3.09 in |
| December | 48.3°F | 28.5°F | 3.82 in | 47.2°F | 26.0°F | 3.34 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 →