Climate twins of Saluda, SC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Saluda'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: Saluda vs its climate twin
Top match: Douglasville, GA
| Month | Saluda | Douglasville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 53.9°F | 31.7°F | 4.09 in | 53.7°F | 33.5°F | 4.25 in |
| February | 58.5°F | 34.2°F | 3.82 in | 58.4°F | 36.6°F | 4.34 in |
| March | 66.4°F | 40.2°F | 4.57 in | 65.8°F | 42.9°F | 4.53 in |
| April | 75.4°F | 48.3°F | 3.07 in | 73.9°F | 49.5°F | 3.61 in |
| May | 82.8°F | 57.8°F | 3.49 in | 81.2°F | 58.4°F | 3.64 in |
| June | 89.3°F | 66.5°F | 4.18 in | 87.1°F | 66.6°F | 3.84 in |
| July | 92.6°F | 70.2°F | 4.28 in | 90.0°F | 70.2°F | 5.01 in |
| August | 90.8°F | 69.0°F | 4.50 in | 89.1°F | 69.4°F | 3.98 in |
| September | 85.1°F | 62.4°F | 3.97 in | 83.9°F | 63.0°F | 3.36 in |
| October | 75.1°F | 49.8°F | 3.22 in | 74.5°F | 51.3°F | 3.59 in |
| November | 64.1°F | 39.0°F | 3.36 in | 64.0°F | 40.7°F | 3.77 in |
| December | 56.3°F | 33.8°F | 4.25 in | 55.9°F | 36.0°F | 4.21 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 →