Climate twins of Newport, NC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Newport'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: Newport vs its climate twin
Top match: Myrtle Beach, SC
| Month | Newport | Myrtle Beach | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 54.3°F | 33.7°F | 4.61 in | 55.5°F | 33.6°F | 3.43 in |
| February | 56.8°F | 35.9°F | 4.14 in | 57.8°F | 35.5°F | 3.76 in |
| March | 63.1°F | 41.2°F | 3.67 in | 63.7°F | 41.8°F | 3.71 in |
| April | 71.0°F | 49.6°F | 3.52 in | 71.5°F | 50.6°F | 3.38 in |
| May | 78.3°F | 58.6°F | 3.22 in | 78.8°F | 59.7°F | 3.80 in |
| June | 83.8°F | 67.2°F | 5.00 in | 84.5°F | 67.9°F | 4.85 in |
| July | 87.1°F | 71.2°F | 5.97 in | 87.4°F | 71.6°F | 6.61 in |
| August | 86.6°F | 70.1°F | 7.75 in | 86.5°F | 70.0°F | 6.27 in |
| September | 82.0°F | 65.2°F | 9.57 in | 83.0°F | 65.0°F | 6.77 in |
| October | 73.9°F | 54.2°F | 4.44 in | 75.6°F | 53.8°F | 4.11 in |
| November | 65.4°F | 43.0°F | 4.78 in | 66.4°F | 42.2°F | 3.06 in |
| December | 58.6°F | 36.6°F | 3.97 in | 58.6°F | 36.3°F | 3.81 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 →