Climate twins of Pickens, SC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Pickens'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: Pickens vs its climate twin
Top match: Rome, GA
| Month | Pickens | Rome | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 52.5°F | 30.4°F | 5.24 in | 52.0°F | 30.2°F | 4.98 in |
| February | 56.1°F | 32.7°F | 4.54 in | 56.1°F | 32.8°F | 4.81 in |
| March | 63.7°F | 39.0°F | 4.92 in | 64.8°F | 39.0°F | 5.42 in |
| April | 72.9°F | 46.8°F | 4.68 in | 73.7°F | 46.4°F | 4.88 in |
| May | 79.8°F | 56.6°F | 3.98 in | 80.6°F | 55.3°F | 4.11 in |
| June | 86.4°F | 65.1°F | 5.02 in | 86.5°F | 64.1°F | 4.79 in |
| July | 89.8°F | 68.9°F | 4.75 in | 89.7°F | 67.9°F | 4.89 in |
| August | 88.2°F | 68.1°F | 5.07 in | 88.9°F | 67.0°F | 4.20 in |
| September | 82.9°F | 61.8°F | 4.54 in | 83.8°F | 60.5°F | 3.66 in |
| October | 73.4°F | 49.2°F | 4.06 in | 73.8°F | 48.4°F | 3.78 in |
| November | 63.1°F | 38.2°F | 4.20 in | 63.0°F | 37.7°F | 4.27 in |
| December | 54.9°F | 33.1°F | 5.67 in | 54.3°F | 33.1°F | 5.30 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 →