Climate twins of Dutton, AL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Dutton'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: Dutton vs its climate twin
Top match: Homer, GA
| Month | Dutton | Homer | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 51.0°F | 29.9°F | 5.75 in | 52.7°F | 30.9°F | 4.83 in |
| February | 55.7°F | 32.9°F | 5.66 in | 56.4°F | 33.9°F | 4.79 in |
| March | 63.8°F | 39.4°F | 5.80 in | 64.5°F | 39.9°F | 4.84 in |
| April | 73.0°F | 46.7°F | 4.32 in | 72.9°F | 47.3°F | 4.09 in |
| May | 79.4°F | 55.7°F | 3.64 in | 79.8°F | 56.5°F | 3.84 in |
| June | 86.1°F | 64.0°F | 4.25 in | 86.4°F | 65.0°F | 4.70 in |
| July | 88.3°F | 68.0°F | 4.75 in | 89.1°F | 69.0°F | 3.84 in |
| August | 88.3°F | 66.9°F | 3.33 in | 88.4°F | 67.9°F | 4.49 in |
| September | 83.2°F | 59.6°F | 4.07 in | 82.9°F | 61.6°F | 3.84 in |
| October | 73.3°F | 47.7°F | 3.62 in | 73.4°F | 49.4°F | 3.78 in |
| November | 62.1°F | 36.9°F | 4.41 in | 63.7°F | 39.1°F | 4.07 in |
| December | 53.6°F | 33.0°F | 5.51 in | 55.3°F | 33.4°F | 4.99 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 →