Climate twins of Orangeburg, SC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Orangeburg'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: Orangeburg vs its climate twin
Top match: Homerville, GA
| Month | Orangeburg | Homerville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 59.6°F | 36.6°F | 3.96 in | 61.8°F | 37.5°F | 4.64 in |
| February | 63.2°F | 39.6°F | 3.86 in | 66.0°F | 40.4°F | 3.60 in |
| March | 70.2°F | 45.6°F | 3.89 in | 72.3°F | 46.4°F | 4.29 in |
| April | 77.8°F | 52.4°F | 3.29 in | 79.0°F | 51.5°F | 3.27 in |
| May | 84.8°F | 60.5°F | 4.04 in | 85.8°F | 59.1°F | 3.28 in |
| June | 90.4°F | 68.2°F | 5.47 in | 90.2°F | 67.3°F | 5.68 in |
| July | 92.9°F | 71.5°F | 5.80 in | 92.1°F | 70.0°F | 5.67 in |
| August | 91.7°F | 71.2°F | 5.29 in | 90.9°F | 70.1°F | 5.84 in |
| September | 86.9°F | 65.6°F | 4.49 in | 87.4°F | 66.0°F | 4.01 in |
| October | 78.6°F | 54.1°F | 3.52 in | 79.8°F | 55.3°F | 3.16 in |
| November | 69.0°F | 43.6°F | 3.09 in | 70.8°F | 44.8°F | 2.60 in |
| December | 61.7°F | 38.4°F | 3.78 in | 64.0°F | 39.6°F | 3.23 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 →