Climate twins of Buckner, AR
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Buckner'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: Buckner vs its climate twin
Top match: Crawfordsville, AR
| Month | Buckner | Crawfordsville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 55.1°F | 33.2°F | 4.38 in | 49.5°F | 32.9°F | 3.82 in |
| February | 59.8°F | 36.1°F | 4.79 in | 54.2°F | 36.0°F | 4.31 in |
| March | 67.8°F | 43.2°F | 4.90 in | 63.3°F | 43.4°F | 5.10 in |
| April | 75.7°F | 50.6°F | 4.93 in | 73.2°F | 52.4°F | 5.03 in |
| May | 82.2°F | 60.0°F | 4.96 in | 81.6°F | 61.9°F | 5.03 in |
| June | 89.4°F | 68.0°F | 4.31 in | 89.1°F | 69.4°F | 4.10 in |
| July | 93.0°F | 71.0°F | 3.84 in | 91.4°F | 72.2°F | 4.12 in |
| August | 94.0°F | 70.0°F | 3.28 in | 91.2°F | 71.2°F | 2.37 in |
| September | 88.5°F | 63.3°F | 3.72 in | 86.1°F | 64.0°F | 3.05 in |
| October | 77.8°F | 51.9°F | 4.61 in | 75.2°F | 52.2°F | 4.09 in |
| November | 65.5°F | 42.0°F | 4.15 in | 62.3°F | 41.9°F | 4.50 in |
| December | 57.3°F | 35.7°F | 5.08 in | 52.6°F | 35.9°F | 4.88 in |
Cities that consider Buckner their climate twin
These US cities have Buckner in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Buckner would feel familiar.
- Drew, MS (ranks Buckner #3)
- Gunnison, MS (ranks Buckner #3)
- Merigold, MS (ranks Buckner #3)
- Mound Bayou, MS (ranks Buckner #3)
- Renova, MS (ranks Buckner #3)
- Ruleville, MS (ranks Buckner #3)
- Shelby, MS (ranks Buckner #3)
- Winstonville, MS (ranks Buckner #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 →