Climate twins of Turkey, NC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Turkey'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: Turkey vs its climate twin
Top match: Dendron, VA
| Month | Turkey | Dendron | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 53.0°F | 32.1°F | 3.50 in | 50.2°F | 29.5°F | 3.65 in |
| February | 56.2°F | 34.2°F | 3.11 in | 53.2°F | 31.2°F | 2.87 in |
| March | 63.5°F | 40.3°F | 3.68 in | 61.0°F | 37.1°F | 3.82 in |
| April | 72.8°F | 49.2°F | 3.41 in | 71.2°F | 46.3°F | 3.58 in |
| May | 80.1°F | 58.3°F | 4.05 in | 78.3°F | 55.8°F | 3.81 in |
| June | 86.7°F | 66.7°F | 4.62 in | 86.0°F | 64.3°F | 4.68 in |
| July | 89.5°F | 70.5°F | 5.83 in | 89.7°F | 69.1°F | 5.56 in |
| August | 87.8°F | 68.7°F | 6.01 in | 87.6°F | 67.4°F | 5.34 in |
| September | 82.7°F | 63.1°F | 6.56 in | 81.7°F | 61.0°F | 5.85 in |
| October | 73.8°F | 50.6°F | 3.27 in | 72.1°F | 48.8°F | 3.85 in |
| November | 64.0°F | 40.7°F | 3.44 in | 62.1°F | 38.6°F | 3.14 in |
| December | 56.3°F | 35.3°F | 3.53 in | 53.7°F | 32.6°F | 3.54 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 →