Climate twins of Parmele, NC

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Parmele'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: Parmele vs its climate twin

Top match: Myrtle Beach, SC

Month Parmele Myrtle Beach
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 53.2°F 33.0°F 3.91 in 55.5°F 33.6°F 3.43 in
February 56.9°F 34.9°F 3.35 in 57.8°F 35.5°F 3.76 in
March 64.0°F 41.1°F 4.22 in 63.7°F 41.8°F 3.71 in
April 73.5°F 50.0°F 3.81 in 71.5°F 50.6°F 3.38 in
May 80.5°F 58.8°F 4.04 in 78.8°F 59.7°F 3.80 in
June 87.4°F 67.2°F 4.36 in 84.5°F 67.9°F 4.85 in
July 90.4°F 71.3°F 5.87 in 87.4°F 71.6°F 6.61 in
August 88.4°F 69.7°F 6.01 in 86.5°F 70.0°F 6.27 in
September 83.1°F 64.2°F 7.33 in 83.0°F 65.0°F 6.77 in
October 74.1°F 51.9°F 3.57 in 75.6°F 53.8°F 4.11 in
November 64.2°F 41.2°F 3.42 in 66.4°F 42.2°F 3.06 in
December 56.4°F 35.4°F 3.55 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 →