Climate twins of Wrightsville Beach, NC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Wrightsville Beach'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: Wrightsville Beach vs its climate twin
Top match: Pascagoula, MS
| Month | Wrightsville Beach | Pascagoula | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 56.2°F | 36.1°F | 3.95 in | 60.4°F | 37.5°F | 5.49 in |
| February | 59.0°F | 38.1°F | 3.55 in | 63.5°F | 40.8°F | 4.36 in |
| March | 65.6°F | 43.7°F | 3.93 in | 68.5°F | 47.1°F | 5.08 in |
| April | 73.9°F | 51.5°F | 3.70 in | 74.3°F | 53.1°F | 5.23 in |
| May | 80.5°F | 61.8°F | 4.50 in | 81.4°F | 62.0°F | 5.91 in |
| June | 86.8°F | 69.4°F | 5.35 in | 86.2°F | 69.2°F | 7.18 in |
| July | 90.1°F | 73.6°F | 8.79 in | 88.3°F | 71.0°F | 8.10 in |
| August | 88.6°F | 71.9°F | 8.49 in | 88.8°F | 70.6°F | 8.61 in |
| September | 84.5°F | 66.9°F | 9.19 in | 85.7°F | 66.9°F | 6.82 in |
| October | 75.7°F | 55.6°F | 5.53 in | 79.1°F | 55.5°F | 4.48 in |
| November | 66.4°F | 44.1°F | 3.97 in | 69.1°F | 44.3°F | 4.07 in |
| December | 59.7°F | 38.5°F | 4.14 in | 62.2°F | 39.9°F | 5.10 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 →