Climate twins of Punta Gorda, FL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Punta Gorda'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: Punta Gorda vs its climate twin
Top match: Deltona, FL
| Month | Punta Gorda | Deltona | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 76.8°F | 52.5°F | 2.04 in | 70.1°F | 49.2°F | 2.77 in |
| February | 79.5°F | 55.0°F | 1.99 in | 72.8°F | 51.5°F | 2.51 in |
| March | 82.9°F | 57.8°F | 2.57 in | 77.2°F | 55.6°F | 3.17 in |
| April | 87.2°F | 62.5°F | 2.27 in | 82.1°F | 60.9°F | 2.54 in |
| May | 91.4°F | 67.4°F | 3.46 in | 87.1°F | 66.8°F | 3.44 in |
| June | 93.4°F | 73.0°F | 9.58 in | 90.3°F | 72.3°F | 8.16 in |
| July | 94.0°F | 74.7°F | 8.51 in | 91.8°F | 74.2°F | 8.19 in |
| August | 94.1°F | 75.2°F | 9.17 in | 91.6°F | 74.5°F | 8.14 in |
| September | 92.5°F | 74.2°F | 7.50 in | 89.0°F | 73.4°F | 6.35 in |
| October | 88.7°F | 68.3°F | 3.23 in | 83.9°F | 67.1°F | 4.26 in |
| November | 82.9°F | 60.0°F | 1.83 in | 77.3°F | 58.8°F | 2.01 in |
| December | 78.7°F | 55.6°F | 1.87 in | 72.3°F | 52.9°F | 2.49 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 →