Climate twins of Collins, MS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Collins'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: Collins vs its climate twin
Top match: Columbiana, AL
| Month | Collins | Columbiana | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 61.8°F | 34.0°F | 5.88 in | 55.7°F | 35.6°F | 5.35 in |
| February | 66.3°F | 38.2°F | 5.13 in | 60.5°F | 39.3°F | 5.76 in |
| March | 72.6°F | 44.4°F | 5.29 in | 67.9°F | 46.0°F | 5.40 in |
| April | 79.6°F | 51.9°F | 5.09 in | 75.4°F | 52.6°F | 5.07 in |
| May | 86.3°F | 60.5°F | 4.67 in | 82.5°F | 61.0°F | 4.15 in |
| June | 91.8°F | 67.7°F | 3.94 in | 88.3°F | 68.7°F | 4.58 in |
| July | 94.1°F | 70.4°F | 5.07 in | 91.1°F | 71.6°F | 4.93 in |
| August | 93.7°F | 69.7°F | 4.93 in | 90.8°F | 71.0°F | 4.72 in |
| September | 89.5°F | 64.5°F | 3.93 in | 86.1°F | 65.5°F | 3.57 in |
| October | 80.7°F | 53.2°F | 3.81 in | 76.3°F | 53.9°F | 3.03 in |
| November | 70.7°F | 42.6°F | 4.43 in | 66.0°F | 43.1°F | 4.56 in |
| December | 63.5°F | 37.0°F | 5.90 in | 58.0°F | 38.3°F | 5.07 in |
Cities that consider Collins their climate twin
These US cities have Collins in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Collins would feel familiar.
- Selma, AL (ranks Collins #2)
- Valley Grande, AL (ranks Collins #2)
- Rosepine, LA (ranks Collins #2)
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 →