Climate twins of Cedar Key, FL

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

Top match: Venice, FL

Month Cedar Key Venice
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 66.4°F 44.1°F 3.61 in 72.4°F 51.6°F 2.68 in
February 69.7°F 47.2°F 3.25 in 75.0°F 54.2°F 2.00 in
March 74.9°F 51.0°F 3.81 in 77.9°F 57.5°F 2.97 in
April 80.3°F 56.6°F 2.97 in 82.5°F 62.5°F 2.47 in
May 86.1°F 62.9°F 2.78 in 87.3°F 67.8°F 3.25 in
June 88.7°F 69.9°F 8.03 in 89.9°F 72.9°F 7.81 in
July 89.4°F 72.0°F 8.32 in 91.5°F 74.3°F 7.39 in
August 89.0°F 72.5°F 9.87 in 91.5°F 74.7°F 8.34 in
September 86.9°F 70.2°F 5.82 in 90.0°F 73.2°F 7.16 in
October 81.4°F 61.7°F 3.17 in 85.8°F 67.5°F 3.35 in
November 73.6°F 51.8°F 2.22 in 80.0°F 59.7°F 1.54 in
December 68.2°F 46.7°F 3.25 in 75.0°F 54.8°F 2.31 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 →