Climate twins of Carthage, MS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Carthage'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: Carthage vs its climate twin
Top match: Pelham, AL
| Month | Carthage | Pelham | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 56.8°F | 33.5°F | 5.71 in | 54.8°F | 34.6°F | 5.10 in |
| February | 61.2°F | 36.6°F | 5.32 in | 60.1°F | 37.8°F | 5.58 in |
| March | 69.1°F | 43.7°F | 5.05 in | 68.0°F | 45.0°F | 5.34 in |
| April | 75.8°F | 51.1°F | 6.31 in | 76.1°F | 51.2°F | 5.18 in |
| May | 83.0°F | 59.2°F | 4.38 in | 83.4°F | 60.3°F | 4.15 in |
| June | 89.2°F | 67.3°F | 3.92 in | 89.6°F | 67.7°F | 4.23 in |
| July | 92.1°F | 70.7°F | 5.08 in | 92.2°F | 71.2°F | 4.76 in |
| August | 91.7°F | 70.1°F | 4.70 in | 92.0°F | 70.2°F | 4.42 in |
| September | 87.5°F | 64.1°F | 3.80 in | 87.2°F | 64.4°F | 3.93 in |
| October | 77.8°F | 51.1°F | 3.88 in | 76.3°F | 52.3°F | 3.62 in |
| November | 66.8°F | 40.8°F | 4.34 in | 64.9°F | 41.6°F | 4.66 in |
| December | 58.2°F | 35.1°F | 5.32 in | 57.0°F | 36.8°F | 4.65 in |
Cities that consider Carthage their climate twin
These US cities have Carthage in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Carthage would feel familiar.
- Bastrop, LA (ranks Carthage #3)
- Collinston, LA (ranks Carthage #3)
- Mer Rouge, LA (ranks Carthage #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 →