Climate twins of Big Flat, AR
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Big Flat'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: Big Flat vs its climate twin
Top match: Thebes, IL
| Month | Big Flat | Thebes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 47.2°F | 25.9°F | 3.20 in | 43.0°F | 26.2°F | 3.51 in |
| February | 51.8°F | 29.3°F | 3.33 in | 48.2°F | 29.7°F | 3.31 in |
| March | 60.5°F | 36.7°F | 4.83 in | 58.1°F | 37.3°F | 4.69 in |
| April | 69.9°F | 45.4°F | 5.32 in | 69.0°F | 46.8°F | 5.18 in |
| May | 76.8°F | 55.1°F | 5.06 in | 78.1°F | 57.5°F | 5.27 in |
| June | 84.8°F | 63.4°F | 3.68 in | 86.6°F | 65.9°F | 3.80 in |
| July | 89.2°F | 67.6°F | 3.48 in | 89.2°F | 69.3°F | 3.87 in |
| August | 89.0°F | 66.0°F | 3.16 in | 88.3°F | 66.4°F | 3.23 in |
| September | 82.0°F | 57.9°F | 3.67 in | 81.8°F | 57.7°F | 3.61 in |
| October | 71.6°F | 47.0°F | 3.80 in | 70.9°F | 46.3°F | 3.57 in |
| November | 59.8°F | 37.6°F | 4.35 in | 56.8°F | 36.7°F | 4.25 in |
| December | 50.0°F | 29.4°F | 3.59 in | 46.3°F | 29.8°F | 3.62 in |
Cities that consider Big Flat their climate twin
These US cities have Big Flat in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Big Flat would feel familiar.
- Belknap, IL (ranks Big Flat #3)
- Cypress, IL (ranks Big Flat #3)
- Karnak, IL (ranks Big Flat #3)
- New Grand Chain, IL (ranks Big Flat #3)
- Olmsted, IL (ranks Big Flat #3)
- Pulaski, IL (ranks Big Flat #3)
- Tamms, IL (ranks Big Flat #3)
- Ullin, IL (ranks Big Flat #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 →