Climate twins of Maggie Valley, NC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Maggie Valley'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: Maggie Valley vs its climate twin
Top match: Hillsville, VA
| Month | Maggie Valley | Hillsville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 46.6°F | 23.5°F | 4.62 in | 42.4°F | 23.3°F | 3.66 in |
| February | 50.2°F | 26.2°F | 4.31 in | 46.5°F | 25.5°F | 3.11 in |
| March | 56.7°F | 31.8°F | 4.45 in | 53.8°F | 31.5°F | 3.76 in |
| April | 65.6°F | 39.6°F | 4.54 in | 64.7°F | 39.4°F | 4.07 in |
| May | 72.8°F | 48.2°F | 4.18 in | 72.4°F | 48.8°F | 3.99 in |
| June | 78.5°F | 56.5°F | 4.18 in | 78.9°F | 56.9°F | 4.09 in |
| July | 81.5°F | 60.2°F | 4.12 in | 82.2°F | 60.7°F | 4.22 in |
| August | 80.5°F | 59.1°F | 4.25 in | 80.5°F | 59.7°F | 4.44 in |
| September | 75.6°F | 52.9°F | 4.25 in | 74.8°F | 53.0°F | 4.46 in |
| October | 67.1°F | 40.7°F | 3.00 in | 65.4°F | 41.2°F | 3.05 in |
| November | 57.5°F | 30.6°F | 3.62 in | 54.7°F | 31.5°F | 3.31 in |
| December | 49.9°F | 26.0°F | 4.71 in | 45.5°F | 26.7°F | 3.42 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 →