Climate twins of Leland, NC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Leland'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: Leland vs its climate twin
Top match: Woodbine, GA
| Month | Leland | Woodbine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 57.2°F | 36.3°F | 3.81 in | 62.6°F | 38.0°F | 3.61 in |
| February | 60.3°F | 38.4°F | 3.47 in | 65.9°F | 41.5°F | 3.67 in |
| March | 66.5°F | 44.1°F | 3.97 in | 71.9°F | 46.7°F | 3.58 in |
| April | 74.6°F | 52.6°F | 3.07 in | 77.7°F | 52.7°F | 3.52 in |
| May | 81.1°F | 61.1°F | 4.54 in | 83.7°F | 61.0°F | 3.92 in |
| June | 87.0°F | 69.3°F | 5.67 in | 88.2°F | 68.2°F | 6.20 in |
| July | 90.0°F | 73.0°F | 6.86 in | 90.9°F | 70.9°F | 5.51 in |
| August | 88.3°F | 71.7°F | 8.16 in | 89.2°F | 71.1°F | 7.76 in |
| September | 83.9°F | 66.7°F | 8.69 in | 85.3°F | 67.4°F | 6.70 in |
| October | 76.1°F | 55.6°F | 4.66 in | 78.6°F | 57.3°F | 4.74 in |
| November | 67.4°F | 44.8°F | 3.56 in | 70.4°F | 47.6°F | 2.33 in |
| December | 60.3°F | 39.1°F | 3.69 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 →