Climate twins of Foley, AL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Foley'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: Foley vs its climate twin
Top match: Jean Lafitte, LA
| Month | Foley | Jean Lafitte | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 61.0°F | 38.9°F | 5.51 in | 61.9°F | 43.0°F | 5.32 in |
| February | 64.9°F | 42.0°F | 4.46 in | 65.8°F | 47.0°F | 4.24 in |
| March | 71.1°F | 48.1°F | 5.51 in | 72.2°F | 52.6°F | 5.22 in |
| April | 76.8°F | 54.2°F | 5.58 in | 77.5°F | 58.4°F | 5.25 in |
| May | 83.9°F | 62.4°F | 4.42 in | 84.1°F | 65.7°F | 5.48 in |
| June | 88.2°F | 69.8°F | 7.07 in | 88.5°F | 71.7°F | 7.18 in |
| July | 89.8°F | 72.2°F | 9.11 in | 89.9°F | 73.8°F | 7.53 in |
| August | 89.5°F | 71.8°F | 6.91 in | 89.7°F | 73.6°F | 6.87 in |
| September | 86.5°F | 67.3°F | 6.40 in | 86.5°F | 70.2°F | 6.34 in |
| October | 79.1°F | 56.5°F | 4.22 in | 79.0°F | 60.5°F | 3.79 in |
| November | 69.9°F | 46.5°F | 4.77 in | 70.0°F | 50.8°F | 3.80 in |
| December | 63.1°F | 41.3°F | 5.02 in | 63.8°F | 45.5°F | 5.09 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 →