Climate twins of Arcadia, FL

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

Top match: Pierson, FL

Month Arcadia Pierson
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 73.5°F 47.1°F 2.31 in 67.6°F 47.3°F 2.82 in
February 76.1°F 50.1°F 2.00 in 70.7°F 50.2°F 2.69 in
March 80.0°F 53.1°F 2.44 in 75.2°F 54.5°F 2.80 in
April 84.2°F 58.0°F 2.72 in 80.7°F 60.4°F 2.36 in
May 89.1°F 63.8°F 3.78 in 85.8°F 66.7°F 4.04 in
June 90.7°F 69.4°F 9.55 in 89.2°F 72.1°F 7.57 in
July 91.4°F 71.2°F 8.19 in 90.6°F 74.0°F 6.82 in
August 91.6°F 71.6°F 8.93 in 90.6°F 74.4°F 7.14 in
September 89.9°F 70.4°F 7.77 in 87.9°F 72.5°F 5.92 in
October 85.6°F 64.0°F 2.58 in 82.0°F 65.6°F 3.47 in
November 79.5°F 55.7°F 1.83 in 74.8°F 56.8°F 2.06 in
December 75.4°F 50.8°F 1.82 in 69.5°F 51.0°F 2.21 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 →