Climate twins of Saratoga, NC

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Saratoga'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: Saratoga vs its climate twin

Top match: Society Hill, SC

Month Saratoga Society Hill
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 52.1°F 32.7°F 3.75 in 54.3°F 31.4°F 3.51 in
February 55.4°F 34.3°F 3.04 in 57.7°F 34.0°F 3.06 in
March 62.9°F 40.4°F 4.16 in 65.1°F 40.4°F 3.76 in
April 72.5°F 49.2°F 3.88 in 74.2°F 49.1°F 3.31 in
May 79.7°F 58.3°F 3.92 in 81.0°F 58.1°F 3.66 in
June 86.8°F 66.9°F 4.14 in 87.5°F 66.7°F 4.79 in
July 90.2°F 71.1°F 5.75 in 90.5°F 70.5°F 5.18 in
August 88.2°F 69.7°F 5.33 in 88.6°F 69.4°F 5.09 in
September 82.7°F 64.0°F 6.08 in 83.3°F 63.3°F 5.35 in
October 73.4°F 51.6°F 3.36 in 74.3°F 51.0°F 3.90 in
November 63.5°F 41.1°F 3.29 in 64.6°F 40.0°F 3.27 in
December 55.5°F 35.4°F 3.60 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 →