Climate twins of Bunkie, LA

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

Top match: Kilbourne, LA

Month Bunkie Kilbourne
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 60.2°F 39.2°F 6.79 in 54.6°F 34.3°F 6.09 in
February 64.1°F 42.6°F 5.30 in 59.1°F 37.3°F 5.78 in
March 71.6°F 49.3°F 4.67 in 67.4°F 44.8°F 5.46 in
April 78.6°F 56.0°F 5.92 in 75.6°F 52.3°F 6.63 in
May 85.5°F 64.3°F 5.01 in 83.7°F 61.5°F 4.75 in
June 90.7°F 70.4°F 4.86 in 90.1°F 69.5°F 4.17 in
July 92.8°F 72.7°F 4.14 in 93.0°F 71.8°F 4.07 in
August 93.3°F 71.8°F 4.68 in 93.5°F 70.7°F 4.17 in
September 89.0°F 66.4°F 4.52 in 88.8°F 64.5°F 4.02 in
October 80.7°F 55.5°F 4.76 in 78.8°F 53.0°F 4.65 in
November 70.1°F 46.1°F 5.45 in 66.8°F 42.7°F 4.72 in
December 62.3°F 41.0°F 5.53 in 57.3°F 36.4°F 5.85 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 →