Climate twins of Cottondale, FL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cottondale'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: Cottondale vs its climate twin
Top match: Magnolia, MS
| Month | Cottondale | Magnolia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 63.6°F | 38.6°F | 5.09 in | 59.8°F | 38.4°F | 6.40 in |
| February | 67.4°F | 41.4°F | 5.53 in | 64.2°F | 41.9°F | 5.13 in |
| March | 74.0°F | 47.3°F | 5.65 in | 71.0°F | 47.9°F | 5.51 in |
| April | 80.3°F | 53.3°F | 4.86 in | 77.0°F | 54.0°F | 5.02 in |
| May | 87.6°F | 62.1°F | 4.09 in | 84.1°F | 62.1°F | 4.55 in |
| June | 91.6°F | 69.6°F | 5.29 in | 89.4°F | 68.9°F | 5.18 in |
| July | 93.0°F | 72.2°F | 7.16 in | 91.0°F | 71.1°F | 5.95 in |
| August | 92.4°F | 71.9°F | 6.17 in | 91.1°F | 70.9°F | 5.83 in |
| September | 89.3°F | 67.1°F | 4.22 in | 87.2°F | 66.6°F | 4.30 in |
| October | 82.0°F | 56.1°F | 3.66 in | 79.1°F | 55.9°F | 3.79 in |
| November | 72.3°F | 45.8°F | 4.25 in | 68.6°F | 45.3°F | 3.91 in |
| December | 65.7°F | 41.0°F | 4.79 in | 61.7°F | 40.6°F | 5.03 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 →