Climate twins of Statesville, NC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Statesville'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: Statesville vs its climate twin
Top match: Kittrell, NC
| Month | Statesville | Kittrell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 48.8°F | 26.4°F | 3.71 in | 50.6°F | 25.8°F | 3.67 in |
| February | 52.9°F | 28.4°F | 3.18 in | 54.2°F | 27.1°F | 3.11 in |
| March | 60.5°F | 34.7°F | 3.99 in | 61.9°F | 33.8°F | 4.17 in |
| April | 70.1°F | 43.7°F | 4.05 in | 72.7°F | 42.5°F | 3.86 in |
| May | 77.4°F | 53.6°F | 3.70 in | 79.2°F | 53.4°F | 3.90 in |
| June | 84.1°F | 62.5°F | 4.27 in | 86.6°F | 62.1°F | 4.48 in |
| July | 87.3°F | 66.8°F | 4.42 in | 90.1°F | 66.7°F | 4.43 in |
| August | 85.5°F | 65.2°F | 4.91 in | 88.0°F | 64.9°F | 5.13 in |
| September | 79.7°F | 58.8°F | 3.87 in | 82.2°F | 58.4°F | 4.78 in |
| October | 70.8°F | 45.8°F | 3.23 in | 72.2°F | 45.3°F | 3.57 in |
| November | 60.0°F | 34.3°F | 3.38 in | 62.2°F | 34.4°F | 3.64 in |
| December | 51.6°F | 28.9°F | 3.94 in | 53.5°F | 28.8°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 →