Climate twins of Yemassee, SC

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

Top match: Kinston, NC

Month Yemassee Kinston
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 59.2°F 36.2°F 3.92 in 56.1°F 35.3°F 3.74 in
February 63.5°F 39.1°F 3.72 in 60.0°F 36.8°F 3.20 in
March 69.5°F 44.2°F 3.70 in 66.7°F 42.4°F 3.84 in
April 76.5°F 51.1°F 3.56 in 75.4°F 51.3°F 3.53 in
May 83.4°F 59.0°F 3.48 in 82.0°F 59.5°F 3.92 in
June 87.6°F 66.9°F 6.67 in 87.9°F 67.6°F 5.53 in
July 90.1°F 70.0°F 6.38 in 90.6°F 71.4°F 5.79 in
August 88.5°F 69.5°F 5.51 in 88.8°F 69.6°F 6.36 in
September 83.8°F 64.4°F 6.04 in 83.8°F 64.2°F 6.64 in
October 76.3°F 53.5°F 4.09 in 76.0°F 53.1°F 3.56 in
November 67.8°F 43.7°F 2.75 in 66.7°F 43.8°F 3.46 in
December 61.2°F 38.3°F 3.78 in 58.9°F 38.0°F 3.29 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 →