Climate twins of Winton, NC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Winton'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: Winton vs its climate twin
Top match: Laurel, DE
| Month | Winton | Laurel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 49.7°F | 28.7°F | 3.72 in | 47.4°F | 29.0°F | 3.51 in |
| February | 53.3°F | 30.5°F | 2.81 in | 50.8°F | 30.6°F | 3.08 in |
| March | 59.8°F | 35.7°F | 3.88 in | 57.4°F | 36.5°F | 4.43 in |
| April | 69.8°F | 45.6°F | 3.50 in | 68.9°F | 45.2°F | 3.63 in |
| May | 76.8°F | 54.7°F | 3.97 in | 76.6°F | 55.4°F | 4.00 in |
| June | 84.2°F | 63.9°F | 4.99 in | 83.9°F | 63.9°F | 4.53 in |
| July | 87.7°F | 68.1°F | 5.52 in | 88.2°F | 68.9°F | 4.66 in |
| August | 85.7°F | 66.1°F | 5.64 in | 85.8°F | 67.1°F | 5.04 in |
| September | 80.7°F | 60.2°F | 5.11 in | 80.2°F | 61.4°F | 5.36 in |
| October | 71.3°F | 48.1°F | 3.82 in | 70.0°F | 50.1°F | 4.40 in |
| November | 61.4°F | 37.5°F | 3.20 in | 59.7°F | 40.2°F | 3.35 in |
| December | 53.4°F | 31.7°F | 3.47 in | 51.0°F | 33.4°F | 3.92 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 →