Climate twins of Dodson, LA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Dodson'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: Dodson vs its climate twin
Top match: Canton, MS
| Month | Dodson | Canton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 57.4°F | 35.6°F | 5.44 in | 56.0°F | 33.6°F | 5.15 in |
| February | 62.3°F | 38.4°F | 4.50 in | 59.8°F | 35.9°F | 4.92 in |
| March | 70.9°F | 45.8°F | 6.09 in | 68.2°F | 43.4°F | 5.69 in |
| April | 78.1°F | 52.6°F | 6.30 in | 75.3°F | 50.7°F | 6.09 in |
| May | 84.5°F | 61.3°F | 4.49 in | 82.5°F | 60.3°F | 4.73 in |
| June | 89.9°F | 68.5°F | 4.21 in | 88.8°F | 66.6°F | 4.02 in |
| July | 92.5°F | 71.7°F | 4.50 in | 91.8°F | 70.2°F | 4.60 in |
| August | 93.2°F | 70.9°F | 3.44 in | 91.1°F | 68.9°F | 3.84 in |
| September | 88.9°F | 64.4°F | 3.64 in | 87.6°F | 62.8°F | 4.06 in |
| October | 80.0°F | 52.6°F | 4.61 in | 77.9°F | 50.8°F | 4.30 in |
| November | 67.9°F | 42.5°F | 4.87 in | 66.0°F | 40.4°F | 4.64 in |
| December | 59.1°F | 38.1°F | 5.60 in | 58.1°F | 35.3°F | 5.01 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 →