Climate twins of Milton, NC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Milton'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: Milton vs its climate twin
Top match: Port Royal, VA
| Month | Milton | Port Royal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 48.9°F | 28.1°F | 3.41 in | 45.0°F | 26.3°F | 3.28 in |
| February | 52.7°F | 30.2°F | 2.73 in | 48.5°F | 28.4°F | 2.89 in |
| March | 61.1°F | 36.8°F | 3.53 in | 56.7°F | 35.0°F | 3.89 in |
| April | 71.1°F | 45.0°F | 3.53 in | 67.9°F | 44.5°F | 3.54 in |
| May | 78.0°F | 54.0°F | 4.13 in | 75.4°F | 53.5°F | 4.13 in |
| June | 85.2°F | 62.7°F | 3.98 in | 83.1°F | 62.4°F | 3.97 in |
| July | 88.8°F | 67.0°F | 4.88 in | 87.4°F | 66.8°F | 3.96 in |
| August | 87.2°F | 65.8°F | 3.47 in | 85.6°F | 65.1°F | 3.49 in |
| September | 80.9°F | 59.0°F | 4.25 in | 79.0°F | 58.4°F | 4.66 in |
| October | 71.3°F | 46.2°F | 3.30 in | 68.6°F | 46.6°F | 4.00 in |
| November | 60.7°F | 35.5°F | 3.46 in | 58.1°F | 36.7°F | 3.32 in |
| December | 51.7°F | 30.4°F | 3.06 in | 48.6°F | 30.0°F | 3.63 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 →