Climate twins of Pine Knoll Shores, NC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Pine Knoll Shores'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: Pine Knoll Shores vs its climate twin
Top match: Surfside Beach, SC
| Month | Pine Knoll Shores | Surfside Beach | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 53.7°F | 38.7°F | 4.23 in | 56.8°F | 36.8°F | 3.69 in |
| February | 54.6°F | 40.1°F | 3.70 in | 59.3°F | 38.8°F | 3.42 in |
| March | 60.8°F | 46.2°F | 3.35 in | 66.2°F | 44.4°F | 4.05 in |
| April | 68.1°F | 55.3°F | 3.99 in | 73.5°F | 52.2°F | 3.51 in |
| May | 76.3°F | 63.9°F | 4.50 in | 80.0°F | 61.0°F | 3.78 in |
| June | 82.5°F | 72.4°F | 3.91 in | 85.6°F | 68.3°F | 4.94 in |
| July | 86.2°F | 75.8°F | 5.72 in | 88.4°F | 72.1°F | 6.01 in |
| August | 85.8°F | 74.8°F | 7.10 in | 86.9°F | 71.0°F | 6.14 in |
| September | 82.5°F | 70.6°F | 9.65 in | 82.6°F | 66.1°F | 7.05 in |
| October | 74.3°F | 60.3°F | 4.20 in | 75.6°F | 55.9°F | 5.09 in |
| November | 65.1°F | 50.3°F | 3.94 in | 66.4°F | 45.0°F | 3.03 in |
| December | 57.1°F | 42.5°F | 4.68 in | 59.3°F | 38.6°F | 4.61 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 →