Climate twins of Elko, SC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Elko'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: Elko vs its climate twin
Top match: Pembroke, NC
| Month | Elko | Pembroke | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 56.7°F | 35.6°F | 3.56 in | 54.6°F | 35.3°F | 2.55 in |
| February | 60.7°F | 38.3°F | 3.69 in | 58.6°F | 37.4°F | 2.77 in |
| March | 67.9°F | 44.1°F | 3.93 in | 65.8°F | 43.1°F | 3.26 in |
| April | 75.6°F | 51.0°F | 3.32 in | 74.7°F | 50.7°F | 2.85 in |
| May | 83.3°F | 59.8°F | 3.00 in | 82.5°F | 59.5°F | 3.41 in |
| June | 88.3°F | 67.4°F | 5.28 in | 88.8°F | 68.7°F | 4.92 in |
| July | 90.8°F | 70.5°F | 4.40 in | 91.0°F | 72.3°F | 4.61 in |
| August | 88.8°F | 69.9°F | 5.13 in | 89.1°F | 70.9°F | 4.77 in |
| September | 84.4°F | 64.4°F | 4.81 in | 84.2°F | 64.8°F | 4.93 in |
| October | 76.2°F | 53.1°F | 2.66 in | 75.9°F | 52.5°F | 2.29 in |
| November | 66.4°F | 43.1°F | 2.54 in | 65.9°F | 42.4°F | 2.95 in |
| December | 59.0°F | 38.0°F | 3.90 in | 57.5°F | 37.5°F | 3.31 in |
Cities that consider Elko their climate twin
These US cities have Elko in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Elko would feel familiar.
- Fairmont, NC (ranks Elko #2)
- McDonald, NC (ranks Elko #2)
- Pembroke, NC (ranks Elko #2)
- Raynham, NC (ranks Elko #2)
- Maxton, NC (ranks Elko #3)
- Wagram, NC (ranks Elko #3)
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 →