Climate twins of Swansboro, NC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Swansboro'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: Swansboro vs its climate twin
Top match: Lake View, SC
| Month | Swansboro | Lake View | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 55.0°F | 31.5°F | 4.53 in | 55.3°F | 31.5°F | 3.79 in |
| February | 57.5°F | 33.4°F | 3.88 in | 58.5°F | 34.1°F | 3.43 in |
| March | 63.6°F | 37.8°F | 4.24 in | 65.3°F | 39.6°F | 3.93 in |
| April | 72.6°F | 46.6°F | 3.67 in | 73.5°F | 47.4°F | 3.55 in |
| May | 79.0°F | 55.1°F | 3.86 in | 80.4°F | 57.9°F | 4.14 in |
| June | 84.7°F | 64.0°F | 5.92 in | 87.2°F | 65.5°F | 5.01 in |
| July | 87.5°F | 67.6°F | 6.75 in | 89.5°F | 69.0°F | 4.98 in |
| August | 86.2°F | 65.9°F | 7.23 in | 88.3°F | 68.6°F | 5.53 in |
| September | 81.2°F | 61.6°F | 8.41 in | 83.0°F | 62.2°F | 6.42 in |
| October | 73.5°F | 49.9°F | 4.08 in | 74.2°F | 49.6°F | 3.34 in |
| November | 64.2°F | 38.6°F | 3.76 in | 65.5°F | 40.2°F | 3.49 in |
| December | 57.3°F | 34.4°F | 3.94 in | 58.0°F | 34.5°F | 3.75 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 →