Climate twins of Alexandria, LA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Alexandria'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: Alexandria vs its climate twin
Top match: Garrison, TX
| Month | Alexandria | Garrison | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 58.5°F | 38.5°F | 6.13 in | 58.5°F | 35.7°F | 5.18 in |
| February | 62.6°F | 41.8°F | 5.13 in | 62.6°F | 39.0°F | 4.81 in |
| March | 69.6°F | 48.8°F | 5.18 in | 70.0°F | 45.7°F | 5.26 in |
| April | 76.3°F | 55.4°F | 5.44 in | 77.0°F | 52.5°F | 4.96 in |
| May | 83.3°F | 64.3°F | 4.58 in | 84.1°F | 61.8°F | 4.46 in |
| June | 89.3°F | 71.0°F | 5.29 in | 90.5°F | 69.1°F | 4.96 in |
| July | 91.7°F | 73.6°F | 4.55 in | 93.8°F | 72.2°F | 3.65 in |
| August | 92.4°F | 73.1°F | 4.30 in | 94.5°F | 71.3°F | 4.18 in |
| September | 88.1°F | 68.0°F | 3.98 in | 89.1°F | 64.9°F | 3.57 in |
| October | 79.0°F | 56.6°F | 4.89 in | 79.5°F | 53.4°F | 4.95 in |
| November | 68.2°F | 46.4°F | 5.45 in | 68.2°F | 43.3°F | 4.89 in |
| December | 60.5°F | 40.4°F | 5.98 in | 60.2°F | 37.2°F | 5.62 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 →