Climate twins of Bayou La Batre, AL

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

Top match: Loreauville, LA

Month Bayou La Batre Loreauville
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 59.7°F 39.9°F 5.63 in 60.9°F 41.9°F 5.12 in
February 63.4°F 42.6°F 5.11 in 64.5°F 45.7°F 4.00 in
March 69.2°F 48.0°F 5.10 in 71.0°F 51.7°F 3.86 in
April 75.9°F 54.8°F 5.26 in 77.1°F 57.8°F 4.81 in
May 81.6°F 63.3°F 5.69 in 83.4°F 65.3°F 5.06 in
June 86.1°F 70.1°F 6.66 in 88.1°F 71.7°F 7.46 in
July 88.1°F 72.7°F 8.15 in 89.6°F 73.3°F 7.85 in
August 88.3°F 72.4°F 7.46 in 90.0°F 72.7°F 7.28 in
September 85.6°F 68.5°F 5.95 in 86.8°F 68.6°F 6.56 in
October 78.4°F 57.8°F 4.38 in 79.6°F 58.5°F 4.61 in
November 68.9°F 47.1°F 3.98 in 70.0°F 48.7°F 4.10 in
December 61.6°F 42.4°F 5.35 in 63.4°F 43.8°F 4.74 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 →