Climate twins of Kinston, NC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Kinston'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: Kinston vs its climate twin
Top match: Summerville, SC
| Month | Kinston | Summerville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 56.1°F | 35.3°F | 3.74 in | 58.2°F | 34.5°F | 3.63 in |
| February | 60.0°F | 36.8°F | 3.20 in | 61.9°F | 37.0°F | 3.27 in |
| March | 66.7°F | 42.4°F | 3.84 in | 68.5°F | 42.2°F | 3.89 in |
| April | 75.4°F | 51.3°F | 3.53 in | 75.6°F | 49.5°F | 3.45 in |
| May | 82.0°F | 59.5°F | 3.92 in | 82.3°F | 59.1°F | 3.52 in |
| June | 87.9°F | 67.6°F | 5.53 in | 87.2°F | 67.2°F | 5.60 in |
| July | 90.6°F | 71.4°F | 5.79 in | 90.1°F | 70.9°F | 6.78 in |
| August | 88.8°F | 69.6°F | 6.36 in | 89.7°F | 70.4°F | 6.17 in |
| September | 83.8°F | 64.2°F | 6.64 in | 84.7°F | 64.8°F | 5.88 in |
| October | 76.0°F | 53.1°F | 3.56 in | 76.6°F | 53.0°F | 4.12 in |
| November | 66.7°F | 43.8°F | 3.46 in | 67.7°F | 42.2°F | 2.97 in |
| December | 58.9°F | 38.0°F | 3.29 in | 61.3°F | 37.4°F | 3.42 in |
Cities that consider Kinston their climate twin
These US cities have Kinston in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Kinston would feel familiar.
- Yemassee, SC (ranks Kinston #1)
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 →