Climate twins of Hodges, SC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hodges'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: Hodges vs its climate twin
Top match: Chapel Hill, NC
| Month | Hodges | Chapel Hill | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 53.4°F | 31.8°F | 3.91 in | 51.2°F | 31.7°F | 3.39 in |
| February | 57.3°F | 34.8°F | 3.61 in | 54.8°F | 33.8°F | 2.75 in |
| March | 65.0°F | 40.8°F | 4.17 in | 62.7°F | 40.1°F | 3.94 in |
| April | 73.4°F | 48.3°F | 2.79 in | 72.2°F | 48.1°F | 3.56 in |
| May | 80.5°F | 56.9°F | 2.99 in | 79.1°F | 57.0°F | 3.46 in |
| June | 86.8°F | 65.1°F | 3.72 in | 86.3°F | 65.3°F | 4.36 in |
| July | 90.2°F | 68.5°F | 3.83 in | 89.6°F | 69.3°F | 4.13 in |
| August | 88.7°F | 67.6°F | 3.25 in | 87.8°F | 67.9°F | 3.81 in |
| September | 83.2°F | 61.6°F | 3.35 in | 81.9°F | 62.2°F | 4.41 in |
| October | 73.5°F | 49.1°F | 3.03 in | 72.3°F | 49.6°F | 3.20 in |
| November | 63.2°F | 38.8°F | 3.32 in | 62.4°F | 39.5°F | 3.20 in |
| December | 55.5°F | 33.8°F | 4.04 in | 54.2°F | 34.5°F | 3.35 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 →