Climate twins of Colony, AL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Colony'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: Colony vs its climate twin
Top match: Oakdale, TN
| Month | Colony | Oakdale | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 50.9°F | 29.7°F | 5.81 in | 46.3°F | 27.9°F | 5.46 in |
| February | 55.1°F | 32.1°F | 5.77 in | 51.2°F | 30.4°F | 5.95 in |
| March | 63.5°F | 39.3°F | 5.78 in | 60.5°F | 37.2°F | 5.37 in |
| April | 71.7°F | 46.2°F | 5.57 in | 70.4°F | 45.6°F | 5.46 in |
| May | 78.5°F | 54.9°F | 4.91 in | 78.1°F | 55.7°F | 4.66 in |
| June | 85.0°F | 63.1°F | 4.73 in | 85.0°F | 64.2°F | 4.72 in |
| July | 88.2°F | 67.2°F | 4.67 in | 87.7°F | 68.0°F | 5.21 in |
| August | 88.1°F | 66.0°F | 3.86 in | 87.1°F | 66.8°F | 3.90 in |
| September | 83.4°F | 60.2°F | 3.89 in | 82.1°F | 61.0°F | 4.27 in |
| October | 72.9°F | 47.7°F | 3.58 in | 71.6°F | 48.2°F | 3.22 in |
| November | 62.2°F | 36.7°F | 4.58 in | 58.8°F | 37.4°F | 4.54 in |
| December | 53.5°F | 31.8°F | 5.83 in | 49.0°F | 31.6°F | 6.05 in |
Cities that consider Colony their climate twin
These US cities have Colony in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Colony would feel familiar.
- Harriman, TN (ranks Colony #2)
- Kingston, TN (ranks Colony #2)
- Oakdale, TN (ranks Colony #2)
- Kilmichael, MS (ranks Colony #2)
- Winona, MS (ranks Colony #2)
- Decatur, TN (ranks Colony #2)
- Sweetwater, TN (ranks Colony #2)
- Oak Ridge, TN (ranks Colony #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 →