Climate twins of Grifton, NC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Grifton'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: Grifton vs its climate twin
Top match: Sellers, SC
| Month | Grifton | Sellers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 56.1°F | 35.3°F | 3.74 in | 56.1°F | 33.9°F | 3.51 in |
| February | 60.0°F | 36.8°F | 3.20 in | 59.8°F | 36.5°F | 3.22 in |
| March | 66.7°F | 42.4°F | 3.84 in | 66.9°F | 42.4°F | 3.51 in |
| April | 75.4°F | 51.3°F | 3.53 in | 75.4°F | 49.3°F | 3.43 in |
| May | 82.0°F | 59.5°F | 3.92 in | 82.1°F | 59.0°F | 3.62 in |
| June | 87.9°F | 67.6°F | 5.53 in | 87.6°F | 67.4°F | 4.96 in |
| July | 90.6°F | 71.4°F | 5.79 in | 90.5°F | 71.0°F | 5.23 in |
| August | 88.8°F | 69.6°F | 6.36 in | 88.9°F | 69.6°F | 5.54 in |
| September | 83.8°F | 64.2°F | 6.64 in | 84.2°F | 63.8°F | 5.97 in |
| October | 76.0°F | 53.1°F | 3.56 in | 75.8°F | 51.6°F | 3.26 in |
| November | 66.7°F | 43.8°F | 3.46 in | 66.1°F | 42.2°F | 3.33 in |
| December | 58.9°F | 38.0°F | 3.29 in | 59.4°F | 36.6°F | 3.69 in |
Cities that consider Grifton their climate twin
These US cities have Grifton in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Grifton would feel familiar.
- Mount Pleasant, SC (ranks Grifton #3)
- Isle of Palms, SC (ranks Grifton #3)
- Sullivan's Island, SC (ranks Grifton #3)
- Yemassee, SC (ranks Grifton #2)
- Bonneau, SC (ranks Grifton #3)
- St. Stephen, SC (ranks Grifton #3)
- Moncks Corner, SC (ranks Grifton #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 →