Climate twins of Rowesville, SC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Rowesville'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: Rowesville vs its climate twin
Top match: Dudley, GA
| Month | Rowesville | Dudley | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 57.8°F | 36.9°F | 3.63 in | 58.3°F | 35.1°F | 4.38 in |
| February | 61.7°F | 39.3°F | 3.34 in | 62.0°F | 38.0°F | 4.14 in |
| March | 68.7°F | 45.4°F | 3.60 in | 70.7°F | 44.0°F | 4.58 in |
| April | 76.6°F | 52.4°F | 2.85 in | 78.3°F | 50.6°F | 2.75 in |
| May | 83.6°F | 60.6°F | 3.35 in | 85.6°F | 59.4°F | 2.62 in |
| June | 89.1°F | 68.6°F | 4.67 in | 90.7°F | 67.7°F | 5.25 in |
| July | 91.9°F | 72.0°F | 4.95 in | 94.0°F | 71.0°F | 4.50 in |
| August | 90.4°F | 71.3°F | 4.21 in | 92.2°F | 70.4°F | 4.81 in |
| September | 85.5°F | 66.1°F | 3.98 in | 87.0°F | 64.4°F | 3.58 in |
| October | 76.9°F | 54.9°F | 3.16 in | 77.9°F | 52.9°F | 3.15 in |
| November | 67.3°F | 44.4°F | 2.70 in | 68.5°F | 42.1°F | 3.08 in |
| December | 60.2°F | 39.1°F | 3.23 in | 60.6°F | 37.0°F | 4.43 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 →