Climate twins of Hot Springs, NC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hot Springs'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: Hot Springs vs its climate twin
Top match: Barboursville, WV
| Month | Hot Springs | Barboursville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 48.3°F | 28.5°F | 3.66 in | 44.3°F | 26.8°F | 3.42 in |
| February | 52.3°F | 30.8°F | 3.34 in | 49.0°F | 28.6°F | 3.28 in |
| March | 60.4°F | 36.7°F | 3.99 in | 58.5°F | 34.9°F | 4.16 in |
| April | 70.5°F | 44.2°F | 3.83 in | 71.3°F | 43.9°F | 3.85 in |
| May | 77.9°F | 53.5°F | 4.50 in | 78.4°F | 54.0°F | 4.76 in |
| June | 84.3°F | 61.5°F | 5.22 in | 85.5°F | 62.7°F | 4.09 in |
| July | 87.2°F | 65.4°F | 4.67 in | 88.5°F | 67.1°F | 5.67 in |
| August | 86.4°F | 64.5°F | 4.93 in | 87.4°F | 65.5°F | 4.53 in |
| September | 81.9°F | 58.8°F | 3.35 in | 81.6°F | 58.2°F | 3.38 in |
| October | 71.6°F | 46.9°F | 2.40 in | 70.5°F | 46.0°F | 2.87 in |
| November | 60.4°F | 36.3°F | 2.86 in | 58.3°F | 35.9°F | 2.86 in |
| December | 51.5°F | 31.6°F | 3.91 in | 48.2°F | 30.9°F | 3.73 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 →