Climate twins of Grimesland, NC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Grimesland'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: Grimesland vs its climate twin
Top match: Sellers, SC
| Month | Grimesland | Sellers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 52.7°F | 33.6°F | 3.91 in | 56.1°F | 33.9°F | 3.51 in |
| February | 55.9°F | 35.4°F | 3.45 in | 59.8°F | 36.5°F | 3.22 in |
| March | 62.8°F | 41.3°F | 4.22 in | 66.9°F | 42.4°F | 3.51 in |
| April | 72.2°F | 50.2°F | 3.43 in | 75.4°F | 49.3°F | 3.43 in |
| May | 78.8°F | 59.7°F | 4.75 in | 82.1°F | 59.0°F | 3.62 in |
| June | 85.4°F | 67.2°F | 4.91 in | 87.6°F | 67.4°F | 4.96 in |
| July | 88.8°F | 71.6°F | 5.35 in | 90.5°F | 71.0°F | 5.23 in |
| August | 87.3°F | 70.0°F | 5.70 in | 88.9°F | 69.6°F | 5.54 in |
| September | 81.9°F | 65.3°F | 6.60 in | 84.2°F | 63.8°F | 5.97 in |
| October | 73.6°F | 53.8°F | 3.76 in | 75.8°F | 51.6°F | 3.26 in |
| November | 63.5°F | 42.1°F | 3.27 in | 66.1°F | 42.2°F | 3.33 in |
| December | 56.1°F | 36.3°F | 3.61 in | 59.4°F | 36.6°F | 3.69 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 →