Climate twins of Sims, NC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Sims'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: Sims vs its climate twin
Top match: Ruby, SC
| Month | Sims | Ruby | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 52.1°F | 32.7°F | 3.75 in | 56.0°F | 31.8°F | 3.72 in |
| February | 55.4°F | 34.3°F | 3.04 in | 59.5°F | 34.8°F | 3.15 in |
| March | 62.9°F | 40.4°F | 4.16 in | 67.2°F | 40.5°F | 3.85 in |
| April | 72.5°F | 49.2°F | 3.88 in | 76.0°F | 48.7°F | 3.64 in |
| May | 79.7°F | 58.3°F | 3.92 in | 82.8°F | 57.7°F | 3.50 in |
| June | 86.8°F | 66.9°F | 4.14 in | 89.4°F | 65.8°F | 4.67 in |
| July | 90.2°F | 71.1°F | 5.75 in | 92.3°F | 69.6°F | 5.42 in |
| August | 88.2°F | 69.7°F | 5.33 in | 90.5°F | 68.8°F | 5.65 in |
| September | 82.7°F | 64.0°F | 6.08 in | 85.4°F | 63.3°F | 5.05 in |
| October | 73.4°F | 51.6°F | 3.36 in | 76.2°F | 50.6°F | 3.93 in |
| November | 63.5°F | 41.1°F | 3.29 in | 66.1°F | 39.6°F | 3.29 in |
| December | 55.5°F | 35.4°F | 3.60 in | 58.3°F | 34.6°F | 3.89 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 →