Climate twins of Scranton, SC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Scranton'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: Scranton vs its climate twin
Top match: Elizabeth City, NC
| Month | Scranton | Elizabeth City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 57.6°F | 34.3°F | 3.65 in | 53.2°F | 33.6°F | 3.64 in |
| February | 61.3°F | 37.0°F | 3.48 in | 56.2°F | 34.7°F | 3.29 in |
| March | 68.0°F | 42.6°F | 3.60 in | 63.2°F | 41.1°F | 4.17 in |
| April | 77.1°F | 50.1°F | 3.19 in | 72.2°F | 50.4°F | 3.47 in |
| May | 83.4°F | 59.4°F | 4.20 in | 78.9°F | 58.9°F | 4.07 in |
| June | 89.4°F | 67.3°F | 4.84 in | 85.8°F | 68.4°F | 4.49 in |
| July | 92.4°F | 71.3°F | 5.77 in | 88.9°F | 72.5°F | 5.93 in |
| August | 90.5°F | 70.3°F | 5.81 in | 87.3°F | 70.9°F | 5.91 in |
| September | 85.9°F | 64.6°F | 4.74 in | 82.2°F | 66.0°F | 5.32 in |
| October | 77.3°F | 52.9°F | 3.52 in | 74.1°F | 54.7°F | 3.70 in |
| November | 68.1°F | 42.2°F | 3.13 in | 64.0°F | 43.7°F | 3.39 in |
| December | 60.6°F | 36.9°F | 3.85 in | 56.4°F | 37.6°F | 3.88 in |
Cities that consider Scranton their climate twin
These US cities have Scranton in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Scranton would feel familiar.
- Millen, GA (ranks Scranton #1)
- Portal, GA (ranks Scranton #1)
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 →