Climate twins of Laurel, DE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Laurel'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: Laurel vs its climate twin
Top match: Kittrell, NC
| Month | Laurel | Kittrell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 47.4°F | 29.0°F | 3.51 in | 50.6°F | 25.8°F | 3.67 in |
| February | 50.8°F | 30.6°F | 3.08 in | 54.2°F | 27.1°F | 3.11 in |
| March | 57.4°F | 36.5°F | 4.43 in | 61.9°F | 33.8°F | 4.17 in |
| April | 68.9°F | 45.2°F | 3.63 in | 72.7°F | 42.5°F | 3.86 in |
| May | 76.6°F | 55.4°F | 4.00 in | 79.2°F | 53.4°F | 3.90 in |
| June | 83.9°F | 63.9°F | 4.53 in | 86.6°F | 62.1°F | 4.48 in |
| July | 88.2°F | 68.9°F | 4.66 in | 90.1°F | 66.7°F | 4.43 in |
| August | 85.8°F | 67.1°F | 5.04 in | 88.0°F | 64.9°F | 5.13 in |
| September | 80.2°F | 61.4°F | 5.36 in | 82.2°F | 58.4°F | 4.78 in |
| October | 70.0°F | 50.1°F | 4.40 in | 72.2°F | 45.3°F | 3.57 in |
| November | 59.7°F | 40.2°F | 3.35 in | 62.2°F | 34.4°F | 3.64 in |
| December | 51.0°F | 33.4°F | 3.92 in | 53.5°F | 28.8°F | 3.89 in |
Cities that consider Laurel their climate twin
These US cities have Laurel in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Laurel would feel familiar.
- Como, NC (ranks Laurel #1)
- Conway, NC (ranks Laurel #1)
- Murfreesboro, NC (ranks Laurel #1)
- Severn, NC (ranks Laurel #1)
- Winton, NC (ranks Laurel #1)
- Branchville, VA (ranks Laurel #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 →