Climate twins of Youngsville, NC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Youngsville'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: Youngsville vs its climate twin
Top match: Mocksville, NC
| Month | Youngsville | Mocksville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 48.9°F | 28.3°F | 3.49 in | 49.3°F | 24.8°F | 3.75 in |
| February | 52.7°F | 30.3°F | 2.94 in | 53.1°F | 27.0°F | 3.27 in |
| March | 61.5°F | 35.9°F | 4.19 in | 61.0°F | 33.2°F | 4.20 in |
| April | 71.0°F | 45.1°F | 3.69 in | 70.5°F | 42.2°F | 4.11 in |
| May | 76.7°F | 54.7°F | 3.52 in | 77.2°F | 52.5°F | 3.61 in |
| June | 83.9°F | 63.5°F | 4.12 in | 84.2°F | 61.3°F | 4.10 in |
| July | 87.2°F | 68.1°F | 4.80 in | 87.7°F | 65.7°F | 4.27 in |
| August | 84.5°F | 66.9°F | 4.71 in | 86.2°F | 64.8°F | 4.63 in |
| September | 78.9°F | 60.6°F | 5.27 in | 80.4°F | 57.8°F | 4.07 in |
| October | 68.2°F | 47.5°F | 3.31 in | 71.2°F | 44.2°F | 3.31 in |
| November | 59.2°F | 36.8°F | 3.62 in | 61.3°F | 33.3°F | 3.58 in |
| December | 51.9°F | 31.5°F | 3.86 in | 52.6°F | 28.1°F | 3.98 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 →