Climate twins of Pawleys Island, SC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Pawleys Island'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: Pawleys Island vs its climate twin
Top match: Hamilton, NC
| Month | Pawleys Island | Hamilton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 56.8°F | 36.8°F | 3.69 in | 51.8°F | 33.1°F | 3.69 in |
| February | 59.3°F | 38.8°F | 3.42 in | 54.9°F | 35.4°F | 3.22 in |
| March | 66.2°F | 44.4°F | 4.05 in | 62.0°F | 41.7°F | 4.13 in |
| April | 73.5°F | 52.2°F | 3.51 in | 71.4°F | 50.1°F | 3.72 in |
| May | 80.0°F | 61.0°F | 3.78 in | 78.2°F | 58.8°F | 3.69 in |
| June | 85.6°F | 68.3°F | 4.94 in | 85.3°F | 67.3°F | 5.13 in |
| July | 88.4°F | 72.1°F | 6.01 in | 88.5°F | 71.4°F | 5.75 in |
| August | 86.9°F | 71.0°F | 6.14 in | 86.9°F | 69.9°F | 5.70 in |
| September | 82.6°F | 66.1°F | 7.05 in | 81.8°F | 64.3°F | 6.92 in |
| October | 75.6°F | 55.9°F | 5.09 in | 73.0°F | 52.1°F | 4.29 in |
| November | 66.4°F | 45.0°F | 3.03 in | 63.1°F | 42.2°F | 3.39 in |
| December | 59.3°F | 38.6°F | 4.61 in | 55.3°F | 36.3°F | 3.57 in |
Cities that consider Pawleys Island their climate twin
These US cities have Pawleys Island in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Pawleys Island would feel familiar.
- Trent Woods, NC (ranks Pawleys Island #1)
- Arapahoe, NC (ranks Pawleys Island #3)
- Alliance, NC (ranks Pawleys Island #3)
- Grantsboro, NC (ranks Pawleys Island #3)
- Princeton, NC (ranks Pawleys Island #2)
- Havelock, NC (ranks Pawleys Island #3)
- Morehead City, NC (ranks Pawleys Island #2)
- Atlantic Beach, NC (ranks Pawleys Island #2)
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 →