Climate twins of Banks, AR
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Banks'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: Banks vs its climate twin
Top match: New Houlka, MS
| Month | Banks | New Houlka | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 52.4°F | 32.3°F | 4.71 in | 51.4°F | 31.4°F | 4.88 in |
| February | 56.7°F | 35.2°F | 4.83 in | 55.6°F | 34.9°F | 5.56 in |
| March | 65.3°F | 42.5°F | 6.16 in | 64.4°F | 41.9°F | 5.49 in |
| April | 73.4°F | 50.8°F | 6.69 in | 72.6°F | 50.1°F | 6.09 in |
| May | 80.5°F | 60.2°F | 5.50 in | 80.1°F | 59.5°F | 5.54 in |
| June | 87.7°F | 67.9°F | 4.00 in | 86.7°F | 67.1°F | 4.86 in |
| July | 91.0°F | 71.4°F | 3.32 in | 89.5°F | 70.1°F | 4.89 in |
| August | 90.8°F | 69.8°F | 4.87 in | 89.5°F | 68.9°F | 5.02 in |
| September | 85.5°F | 63.3°F | 3.59 in | 84.6°F | 62.6°F | 3.67 in |
| October | 75.5°F | 51.3°F | 4.60 in | 74.4°F | 50.7°F | 4.20 in |
| November | 63.4°F | 41.3°F | 4.38 in | 62.6°F | 41.2°F | 4.34 in |
| December | 55.0°F | 35.1°F | 6.46 in | 54.2°F | 34.4°F | 6.29 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 →