Climate twins of Darlington, SC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Darlington'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: Darlington vs its climate twin
Top match: Kitty Hawk, NC
| Month | Darlington | Kitty Hawk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 56.5°F | 32.0°F | 3.62 in | 50.7°F | 35.6°F | 3.78 in |
| February | 60.0°F | 34.0°F | 3.45 in | 52.5°F | 37.3°F | 3.16 in |
| March | 67.5°F | 40.1°F | 3.60 in | 58.6°F | 42.7°F | 3.80 in |
| April | 76.3°F | 48.5°F | 3.12 in | 67.9°F | 51.4°F | 2.93 in |
| May | 83.2°F | 58.5°F | 4.00 in | 74.8°F | 60.0°F | 3.52 in |
| June | 89.0°F | 66.8°F | 4.69 in | 82.2°F | 68.9°F | 4.46 in |
| July | 92.0°F | 70.3°F | 4.97 in | 85.8°F | 73.4°F | 5.26 in |
| August | 89.8°F | 68.8°F | 5.61 in | 84.2°F | 72.3°F | 5.64 in |
| September | 84.7°F | 63.0°F | 4.54 in | 79.3°F | 68.5°F | 4.54 in |
| October | 75.8°F | 51.2°F | 3.40 in | 71.4°F | 58.2°F | 3.24 in |
| November | 66.2°F | 39.9°F | 3.14 in | 61.4°F | 47.6°F | 2.88 in |
| December | 58.6°F | 34.5°F | 3.74 in | 54.9°F | 40.2°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 →