Climate twins of Scotia, SC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Scotia'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: Scotia vs its climate twin
Top match: Ocilla, GA
| Month | Scotia | Ocilla | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 61.9°F | 39.2°F | 3.76 in | 60.1°F | 38.6°F | 4.08 in |
| February | 65.5°F | 41.7°F | 3.09 in | 64.1°F | 41.4°F | 3.77 in |
| March | 72.4°F | 47.4°F | 3.76 in | 70.6°F | 47.3°F | 4.61 in |
| April | 79.2°F | 54.1°F | 3.32 in | 78.0°F | 53.3°F | 3.76 in |
| May | 85.6°F | 61.9°F | 2.49 in | 84.8°F | 62.3°F | 2.62 in |
| June | 90.1°F | 69.1°F | 5.28 in | 89.4°F | 69.8°F | 4.64 in |
| July | 92.2°F | 72.3°F | 4.80 in | 92.4°F | 72.5°F | 4.38 in |
| August | 90.7°F | 71.5°F | 5.89 in | 90.8°F | 71.3°F | 5.63 in |
| September | 86.5°F | 66.9°F | 4.15 in | 86.8°F | 65.9°F | 3.42 in |
| October | 78.9°F | 56.3°F | 2.99 in | 79.5°F | 55.6°F | 2.98 in |
| November | 70.4°F | 46.9°F | 3.05 in | 69.3°F | 45.5°F | 2.83 in |
| December | 63.9°F | 41.2°F | 2.67 in | 62.5°F | 40.5°F | 4.92 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 →