Climate twins of Pelzer, SC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Pelzer'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: Pelzer vs its climate twin
Top match: Talbotton, GA
| Month | Pelzer | Talbotton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 52.4°F | 30.7°F | 4.27 in | 55.8°F | 32.1°F | 4.38 in |
| February | 56.3°F | 32.6°F | 3.82 in | 60.2°F | 35.2°F | 4.90 in |
| March | 64.2°F | 39.5°F | 4.66 in | 67.1°F | 40.9°F | 5.07 in |
| April | 73.0°F | 46.7°F | 3.86 in | 73.6°F | 47.8°F | 4.05 in |
| May | 80.2°F | 56.8°F | 3.69 in | 80.8°F | 56.3°F | 3.39 in |
| June | 86.6°F | 64.9°F | 4.04 in | 86.3°F | 64.6°F | 4.87 in |
| July | 90.4°F | 68.3°F | 3.64 in | 88.8°F | 68.1°F | 4.59 in |
| August | 88.2°F | 67.4°F | 4.70 in | 87.6°F | 67.1°F | 4.31 in |
| September | 82.7°F | 61.2°F | 3.42 in | 82.9°F | 61.7°F | 3.61 in |
| October | 73.2°F | 49.0°F | 3.16 in | 74.0°F | 49.5°F | 2.90 in |
| November | 63.5°F | 38.7°F | 3.83 in | 65.1°F | 39.5°F | 3.84 in |
| December | 55.0°F | 33.0°F | 4.90 in | 57.4°F | 33.9°F | 5.24 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 →