Climate twins of Cochran, GA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cochran'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: Cochran vs its climate twin
Top match: Chapin, SC
| Month | Cochran | Chapin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 58.8°F | 34.8°F | 4.65 in | 54.7°F | 35.3°F | 4.01 in |
| February | 62.8°F | 37.2°F | 4.33 in | 58.7°F | 38.0°F | 3.64 in |
| March | 70.1°F | 43.1°F | 4.52 in | 65.9°F | 44.0°F | 4.14 in |
| April | 77.4°F | 49.9°F | 3.69 in | 74.5°F | 52.3°F | 3.26 in |
| May | 85.0°F | 59.0°F | 2.90 in | 81.7°F | 60.5°F | 3.18 in |
| June | 90.2°F | 67.1°F | 4.39 in | 87.7°F | 67.8°F | 4.41 in |
| July | 92.4°F | 70.1°F | 4.66 in | 91.0°F | 70.8°F | 4.03 in |
| August | 91.1°F | 69.6°F | 4.68 in | 89.2°F | 69.8°F | 4.54 in |
| September | 86.8°F | 64.0°F | 4.07 in | 84.1°F | 64.2°F | 3.74 in |
| October | 78.3°F | 52.7°F | 2.92 in | 74.7°F | 53.4°F | 3.44 in |
| November | 68.7°F | 42.0°F | 3.14 in | 64.3°F | 43.4°F | 3.39 in |
| December | 61.1°F | 36.7°F | 4.59 in | 57.0°F | 37.8°F | 4.19 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 →