Climate twins of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, FL

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lauderdale-by-the-Sea'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: Lauderdale-by-the-Sea vs its climate twin

Top match: Rockledge, FL

Month Lauderdale-by-the-Sea Rockledge
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 76.6°F 59.6°F 2.52 in 72.2°F 50.5°F 2.77 in
February 78.1°F 61.4°F 3.30 in 74.6°F 52.8°F 2.28 in
March 80.1°F 63.8°F 3.20 in 77.8°F 56.2°F 2.93 in
April 83.3°F 68.3°F 3.51 in 81.8°F 61.4°F 2.53 in
May 86.0°F 72.3°F 6.32 in 85.9°F 67.4°F 3.82 in
June 88.8°F 75.7°F 7.99 in 89.1°F 71.7°F 7.52 in
July 90.5°F 76.5°F 6.05 in 90.9°F 72.9°F 6.81 in
August 90.7°F 77.0°F 7.25 in 90.7°F 73.4°F 7.49 in
September 89.4°F 76.5°F 9.30 in 88.6°F 72.9°F 8.55 in
October 86.2°F 73.6°F 7.65 in 84.3°F 68.0°F 5.28 in
November 81.6°F 67.6°F 4.17 in 78.5°F 59.9°F 2.57 in
December 78.3°F 63.3°F 2.99 in 74.0°F 54.1°F 2.73 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 →