Climate twins of Calhoun Falls, SC

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

Top match: Douglasville, GA

Month Calhoun Falls Douglasville
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 54.3°F 32.3°F 4.08 in 53.7°F 33.5°F 4.25 in
February 57.9°F 34.8°F 4.12 in 58.4°F 36.6°F 4.34 in
March 65.8°F 40.4°F 4.54 in 65.8°F 42.9°F 4.53 in
April 74.2°F 48.6°F 3.13 in 73.9°F 49.5°F 3.61 in
May 81.3°F 58.0°F 3.34 in 81.2°F 58.4°F 3.64 in
June 87.8°F 66.7°F 4.36 in 87.1°F 66.6°F 3.84 in
July 91.4°F 70.5°F 4.16 in 90.0°F 70.2°F 5.01 in
August 89.7°F 69.2°F 4.14 in 89.1°F 69.4°F 3.98 in
September 84.3°F 62.6°F 3.52 in 83.9°F 63.0°F 3.36 in
October 74.7°F 50.4°F 3.27 in 74.5°F 51.3°F 3.59 in
November 64.6°F 39.6°F 3.62 in 64.0°F 40.7°F 3.77 in
December 56.5°F 34.4°F 4.71 in 55.9°F 36.0°F 4.21 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 →