Climate twins of Elkins, AR
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Elkins'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: Elkins vs its climate twin
Top match: Willow Springs, MO
| Month | Elkins | Willow Springs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 47.7°F | 25.1°F | 2.75 in | 44.4°F | 24.6°F | 2.63 in |
| February | 52.2°F | 28.5°F | 2.56 in | 49.6°F | 28.2°F | 3.11 in |
| March | 60.7°F | 36.1°F | 3.98 in | 59.0°F | 36.1°F | 4.41 in |
| April | 69.7°F | 44.5°F | 5.01 in | 69.0°F | 45.7°F | 5.31 in |
| May | 76.7°F | 54.0°F | 5.89 in | 76.4°F | 54.8°F | 5.55 in |
| June | 84.6°F | 62.6°F | 4.31 in | 84.4°F | 63.3°F | 4.04 in |
| July | 89.2°F | 66.5°F | 3.80 in | 88.6°F | 67.2°F | 4.21 in |
| August | 89.0°F | 64.9°F | 3.17 in | 88.4°F | 65.5°F | 3.36 in |
| September | 81.5°F | 56.5°F | 4.26 in | 80.8°F | 57.4°F | 3.09 in |
| October | 70.9°F | 45.2°F | 4.48 in | 69.5°F | 46.2°F | 4.08 in |
| November | 59.4°F | 35.3°F | 3.68 in | 57.1°F | 36.1°F | 4.34 in |
| December | 49.8°F | 27.8°F | 3.07 in | 47.2°F | 27.8°F | 3.12 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 →