Climate twins of Wilson's Mills, NC

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

Top match: Poquoson, VA

Month Wilson's Mills Poquoson
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 52.8°F 31.3°F 3.73 in 49.0°F 32.1°F 3.48 in
February 56.0°F 31.3°F 3.14 in 51.5°F 33.8°F 2.88 in
March 63.5°F 38.1°F 4.10 in 58.1°F 39.8°F 4.42 in
April 72.5°F 47.2°F 3.37 in 67.6°F 48.6°F 3.33 in
May 79.6°F 56.3°F 3.78 in 75.5°F 58.0°F 3.77 in
June 87.0°F 64.9°F 4.14 in 82.9°F 67.1°F 4.01 in
July 90.1°F 70.3°F 5.91 in 87.3°F 71.2°F 5.33 in
August 87.7°F 68.4°F 4.43 in 85.1°F 70.5°F 4.94 in
September 82.2°F 63.2°F 6.39 in 79.4°F 65.0°F 4.77 in
October 72.2°F 49.5°F 3.83 in 69.7°F 52.9°F 3.93 in
November 62.8°F 38.5°F 3.38 in 60.2°F 41.9°F 3.27 in
December 55.8°F 34.2°F 3.70 in 52.2°F 35.5°F 3.70 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 →