Climate twins of Kure Beach, NC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Kure 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: Kure Beach vs its climate twin
Top match: Woodbine, GA
| Month | Kure Beach | Woodbine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 60.0°F | 35.5°F | 3.70 in | 62.6°F | 38.0°F | 3.61 in |
| February | 62.5°F | 37.6°F | 3.32 in | 65.9°F | 41.5°F | 3.67 in |
| March | 68.2°F | 42.7°F | 4.03 in | 71.9°F | 46.7°F | 3.58 in |
| April | 75.8°F | 50.9°F | 3.08 in | 77.7°F | 52.7°F | 3.52 in |
| May | 82.5°F | 60.0°F | 3.44 in | 83.7°F | 61.0°F | 3.92 in |
| June | 88.4°F | 69.0°F | 4.02 in | 88.2°F | 68.2°F | 6.20 in |
| July | 91.6°F | 72.8°F | 5.55 in | 90.9°F | 70.9°F | 5.51 in |
| August | 90.4°F | 71.2°F | 6.77 in | 89.2°F | 71.1°F | 7.76 in |
| September | 86.5°F | 66.0°F | 8.16 in | 85.3°F | 67.4°F | 6.70 in |
| October | 78.9°F | 54.4°F | 5.41 in | 78.6°F | 57.3°F | 4.74 in |
| November | 69.9°F | 44.3°F | 3.42 in | 70.4°F | 47.6°F | 2.33 in |
| December | 62.9°F | 38.0°F | 3.74 in | 64.5°F | 41.5°F | 3.04 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 →