Climate twins of Salisbury, NC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Salisbury'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: Salisbury vs its climate twin
Top match: Chase City, VA
| Month | Salisbury | Chase City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 50.2°F | 29.0°F | 3.46 in | 49.4°F | 29.1°F | 3.76 in |
| February | 54.2°F | 31.8°F | 2.97 in | 52.7°F | 30.8°F | 3.27 in |
| March | 62.0°F | 38.2°F | 4.09 in | 60.3°F | 36.2°F | 4.07 in |
| April | 71.6°F | 47.6°F | 3.69 in | 70.6°F | 44.9°F | 3.66 in |
| May | 78.3°F | 56.3°F | 3.43 in | 77.6°F | 54.7°F | 4.01 in |
| June | 85.2°F | 64.8°F | 4.28 in | 85.2°F | 63.5°F | 4.26 in |
| July | 88.2°F | 68.6°F | 4.59 in | 88.9°F | 67.8°F | 4.23 in |
| August | 86.4°F | 67.3°F | 3.74 in | 87.1°F | 66.2°F | 4.09 in |
| September | 80.5°F | 60.5°F | 3.83 in | 81.0°F | 59.5°F | 4.65 in |
| October | 71.6°F | 48.1°F | 2.97 in | 71.0°F | 46.9°F | 3.45 in |
| November | 60.8°F | 37.3°F | 3.13 in | 61.0°F | 37.3°F | 3.18 in |
| December | 52.9°F | 31.5°F | 3.50 in | 52.3°F | 31.3°F | 3.77 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 →