Climate twins of Southwest Ranches, FL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Southwest Ranches'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: Southwest Ranches vs its climate twin
Top match: Melbourne, FL
| Month | Southwest Ranches | Melbourne | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 76.9°F | 59.4°F | 2.71 in | 72.2°F | 50.5°F | 2.77 in |
| February | 78.9°F | 61.5°F | 2.83 in | 74.6°F | 52.8°F | 2.28 in |
| March | 81.3°F | 64.1°F | 2.68 in | 77.8°F | 56.2°F | 2.93 in |
| April | 84.5°F | 68.3°F | 3.18 in | 81.8°F | 61.4°F | 2.53 in |
| May | 87.3°F | 72.7°F | 5.18 in | 85.9°F | 67.4°F | 3.82 in |
| June | 90.0°F | 75.9°F | 8.72 in | 89.1°F | 71.7°F | 7.52 in |
| July | 91.7°F | 77.1°F | 6.82 in | 90.9°F | 72.9°F | 6.81 in |
| August | 91.8°F | 77.5°F | 8.49 in | 90.7°F | 73.4°F | 7.49 in |
| September | 89.8°F | 76.5°F | 7.98 in | 88.6°F | 72.9°F | 8.55 in |
| October | 86.8°F | 73.4°F | 7.65 in | 84.3°F | 68.0°F | 5.28 in |
| November | 82.2°F | 67.1°F | 3.56 in | 78.5°F | 59.9°F | 2.57 in |
| December | 78.6°F | 62.9°F | 2.18 in | 74.0°F | 54.1°F | 2.73 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 →