Climate twins of Pinetops, NC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Pinetops'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: Pinetops vs its climate twin
Top match: Society Hill, SC
| Month | Pinetops | Society Hill | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 50.3°F | 30.6°F | 3.22 in | 54.3°F | 31.4°F | 3.51 in |
| February | 53.6°F | 31.7°F | 3.00 in | 57.7°F | 34.0°F | 3.06 in |
| March | 60.9°F | 38.1°F | 3.85 in | 65.1°F | 40.4°F | 3.76 in |
| April | 71.2°F | 47.3°F | 3.54 in | 74.2°F | 49.1°F | 3.31 in |
| May | 78.0°F | 57.0°F | 3.63 in | 81.0°F | 58.1°F | 3.66 in |
| June | 85.3°F | 65.4°F | 4.81 in | 87.5°F | 66.7°F | 4.79 in |
| July | 88.4°F | 69.3°F | 5.10 in | 90.5°F | 70.5°F | 5.18 in |
| August | 85.3°F | 67.4°F | 5.28 in | 88.6°F | 69.4°F | 5.09 in |
| September | 81.3°F | 62.2°F | 6.15 in | 83.3°F | 63.3°F | 5.35 in |
| October | 72.2°F | 49.7°F | 3.55 in | 74.3°F | 51.0°F | 3.90 in |
| November | 64.7°F | 38.8°F | 3.20 in | 64.6°F | 40.0°F | 3.27 in |
| December | 55.0°F | 33.7°F | 3.23 in | 56.9°F | 34.3°F | 3.74 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 →