Climate twins of Bay, AR

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Bay'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.

Rank 1 closest
Fourche, AR
similarity distance: 0.681 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Oppelo, AR
similarity distance: 1.005 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Morrilton, AR
similarity distance: 1.005 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Bay vs its climate twin

Top match: Fourche, AR

Month Bay Fourche
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 45.6°F 26.7°F 3.90 in 49.0°F 27.1°F 3.82 in
February 50.5°F 30.2°F 4.11 in 54.1°F 30.4°F 4.17 in
March 60.0°F 38.0°F 5.23 in 63.0°F 39.0°F 5.25 in
April 70.7°F 47.7°F 5.36 in 72.0°F 47.4°F 5.43 in
May 79.2°F 57.2°F 5.73 in 79.4°F 57.5°F 5.57 in
June 87.2°F 66.1°F 3.35 in 87.3°F 66.1°F 3.62 in
July 89.7°F 69.6°F 3.61 in 91.7°F 69.6°F 3.40 in
August 89.0°F 68.0°F 3.69 in 91.4°F 68.4°F 3.48 in
September 83.0°F 60.0°F 3.50 in 84.7°F 60.5°F 3.12 in
October 72.4°F 48.1°F 3.97 in 73.9°F 48.3°F 4.03 in
November 58.8°F 37.2°F 4.89 in 61.0°F 37.7°F 4.56 in
December 48.6°F 30.1°F 4.68 in 51.6°F 30.0°F 4.74 in

Cities that consider Bay their climate twin

These US cities have Bay in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Bay would feel familiar.

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 →