Climate twins of Bellefonte, AR
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Bellefonte'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: Bellefonte vs its climate twin
Top match: Thebes, IL
| Month | Bellefonte | Thebes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 46.8°F | 28.1°F | 2.96 in | 43.0°F | 26.2°F | 3.51 in |
| February | 51.6°F | 30.0°F | 2.80 in | 48.2°F | 29.7°F | 3.31 in |
| March | 60.0°F | 38.8°F | 4.20 in | 58.1°F | 37.3°F | 4.69 in |
| April | 69.2°F | 47.3°F | 5.17 in | 69.0°F | 46.8°F | 5.18 in |
| May | 76.9°F | 56.8°F | 5.54 in | 78.1°F | 57.5°F | 5.27 in |
| June | 85.0°F | 64.8°F | 4.17 in | 86.6°F | 65.9°F | 3.80 in |
| July | 89.4°F | 68.3°F | 3.74 in | 89.2°F | 69.3°F | 3.87 in |
| August | 89.5°F | 67.0°F | 3.36 in | 88.3°F | 66.4°F | 3.23 in |
| September | 81.8°F | 59.5°F | 4.40 in | 81.8°F | 57.7°F | 3.61 in |
| October | 71.3°F | 48.5°F | 4.02 in | 70.9°F | 46.3°F | 3.57 in |
| November | 59.3°F | 37.7°F | 3.88 in | 56.8°F | 36.7°F | 4.25 in |
| December | 49.1°F | 30.7°F | 3.22 in | 46.3°F | 29.8°F | 3.62 in |
Cities that consider Bellefonte their climate twin
These US cities have Bellefonte in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Bellefonte would feel familiar.
- Whitefield, OK (ranks Bellefonte #3)
- Warner, OK (ranks Bellefonte #3)
- Webbers Falls, OK (ranks Bellefonte #3)
- Gore, OK (ranks Bellefonte #3)
- Paradise Hill, OK (ranks Bellefonte #3)
- Porum, OK (ranks Bellefonte #3)
- Hoot Owl, OK (ranks Bellefonte #3)
- Salina, OK (ranks Bellefonte #3)
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 →