Climate twins of DeRidder, LA

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches DeRidder'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: DeRidder vs its climate twin

Top match: Brusly, LA

Month DeRidder Brusly
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 60.9°F 38.7°F 6.36 in 62.0°F 39.6°F 6.09 in
February 64.7°F 42.5°F 4.63 in 66.1°F 43.0°F 5.05 in
March 72.1°F 49.0°F 4.89 in 72.8°F 49.4°F 4.26 in
April 78.2°F 55.3°F 5.19 in 78.8°F 55.3°F 5.49 in
May 84.7°F 63.9°F 5.06 in 85.1°F 63.6°F 5.44 in
June 90.5°F 70.3°F 5.81 in 89.5°F 70.0°F 6.70 in
July 91.7°F 72.6°F 4.91 in 91.4°F 72.2°F 5.09 in
August 92.5°F 72.3°F 5.01 in 91.8°F 71.4°F 6.41 in
September 88.7°F 67.3°F 5.36 in 88.2°F 67.0°F 5.25 in
October 79.9°F 56.8°F 5.03 in 80.6°F 55.7°F 5.29 in
November 70.1°F 46.6°F 5.49 in 70.8°F 46.0°F 3.96 in
December 62.3°F 40.4°F 6.35 in 64.0°F 41.3°F 5.43 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 →