Climate twins of Highland Beach, MD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Highland Beach'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: Highland Beach vs its climate twin
Top match: Holly Springs, NC
| Month | Highland Beach | Holly Springs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 43.1°F | 29.8°F | 2.84 in | 51.3°F | 28.0°F | 3.25 in |
| February | 45.2°F | 31.5°F | 2.38 in | 54.9°F | 30.4°F | 2.98 in |
| March | 53.1°F | 38.3°F | 3.80 in | 62.3°F | 35.9°F | 3.76 in |
| April | 63.7°F | 47.2°F | 3.38 in | 72.2°F | 44.8°F | 3.72 in |
| May | 73.0°F | 57.3°F | 3.15 in | 79.2°F | 55.1°F | 3.41 in |
| June | 81.5°F | 67.7°F | 4.04 in | 86.2°F | 63.0°F | 4.77 in |
| July | 86.0°F | 71.9°F | 4.94 in | 89.3°F | 68.0°F | 5.00 in |
| August | 83.7°F | 70.5°F | 4.27 in | 87.6°F | 66.0°F | 4.27 in |
| September | 77.4°F | 64.8°F | 5.14 in | 81.8°F | 60.3°F | 5.65 in |
| October | 67.1°F | 52.2°F | 4.04 in | 72.4°F | 48.4°F | 3.53 in |
| November | 56.2°F | 42.3°F | 3.03 in | 61.9°F | 36.7°F | 3.19 in |
| December | 47.2°F | 34.1°F | 2.98 in | 54.2°F | 31.4°F | 3.55 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 →