Climate twins of Downsville, LA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Downsville'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: Downsville vs its climate twin
Top match: Shannon, MS
| Month | Downsville | Shannon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 56.8°F | 32.8°F | 5.70 in | 52.8°F | 32.5°F | 5.19 in |
| February | 61.1°F | 35.5°F | 4.98 in | 57.2°F | 35.2°F | 5.29 in |
| March | 68.9°F | 43.0°F | 5.47 in | 66.3°F | 42.9°F | 5.64 in |
| April | 76.4°F | 50.0°F | 5.69 in | 74.8°F | 51.0°F | 5.54 in |
| May | 83.4°F | 59.3°F | 5.39 in | 83.1°F | 60.4°F | 5.34 in |
| June | 90.3°F | 66.7°F | 4.36 in | 89.5°F | 68.4°F | 4.80 in |
| July | 93.2°F | 70.0°F | 4.01 in | 92.4°F | 71.8°F | 4.65 in |
| August | 93.6°F | 69.0°F | 3.51 in | 92.3°F | 70.4°F | 4.04 in |
| September | 88.7°F | 62.7°F | 3.58 in | 87.6°F | 63.7°F | 3.82 in |
| October | 78.2°F | 49.9°F | 4.66 in | 76.8°F | 51.1°F | 4.35 in |
| November | 67.2°F | 40.5°F | 4.71 in | 64.7°F | 40.8°F | 4.58 in |
| December | 59.2°F | 34.5°F | 5.50 in | 55.7°F | 35.1°F | 6.10 in |
Cities that consider Downsville their climate twin
These US cities have Downsville in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Downsville would feel familiar.
- Verona, MS (ranks Downsville #2)
- Nettleton, MS (ranks Downsville #2)
- Okolona, MS (ranks Downsville #2)
- Shannon, MS (ranks Downsville #2)
- Vernon, AL (ranks Downsville #2)
- Caledonia, MS (ranks Downsville #2)
- Millport, AL (ranks Downsville #2)
- Sardis, MS (ranks Downsville #3)
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 →