Climate twins of Suffolk, VA

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Suffolk'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: Suffolk vs its climate twin

Top match: Fuquay-Varina, NC

Month Suffolk Fuquay-Varina
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 49.3°F 31.1°F 3.66 in 51.9°F 27.7°F 3.92 in
February 52.4°F 32.9°F 2.96 in 55.6°F 29.0°F 3.11 in
March 59.4°F 38.9°F 4.07 in 63.5°F 35.4°F 4.18 in
April 69.2°F 48.0°F 3.62 in 72.2°F 45.2°F 4.08 in
May 76.1°F 56.7°F 3.95 in 77.9°F 54.9°F 4.03 in
June 83.4°F 65.1°F 4.70 in 84.5°F 63.5°F 4.79 in
July 86.8°F 69.7°F 5.69 in 87.5°F 67.4°F 5.34 in
August 85.1°F 68.6°F 5.77 in 86.6°F 66.1°F 4.76 in
September 79.6°F 63.0°F 5.80 in 79.8°F 59.6°F 5.63 in
October 70.5°F 51.5°F 4.26 in 71.1°F 46.0°F 3.59 in
November 60.5°F 40.8°F 3.65 in 61.2°F 35.6°F 3.65 in
December 52.7°F 34.8°F 3.69 in 54.4°F 30.3°F 3.64 in

Cities that consider Suffolk their climate twin

These US cities have Suffolk in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Suffolk would feel familiar.

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 →