Climate twins of Fulton, MS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Fulton'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: Fulton vs its climate twin
Top match: Murray, KY
| Month | Fulton | Murray | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 50.9°F | 29.9°F | 5.25 in | 45.6°F | 27.4°F | 4.24 in |
| February | 55.7°F | 32.8°F | 5.73 in | 50.4°F | 30.7°F | 5.17 in |
| March | 64.5°F | 39.7°F | 5.43 in | 60.6°F | 38.2°F | 5.54 in |
| April | 73.0°F | 48.4°F | 5.84 in | 71.4°F | 47.5°F | 5.58 in |
| May | 79.9°F | 57.7°F | 5.94 in | 78.9°F | 57.0°F | 5.76 in |
| June | 86.4°F | 65.6°F | 4.94 in | 86.3°F | 65.4°F | 5.31 in |
| July | 89.3°F | 69.2°F | 4.69 in | 89.3°F | 69.0°F | 4.73 in |
| August | 89.4°F | 67.7°F | 4.91 in | 88.8°F | 67.4°F | 3.60 in |
| September | 84.2°F | 61.0°F | 3.98 in | 82.6°F | 60.3°F | 3.86 in |
| October | 73.8°F | 49.0°F | 4.04 in | 71.2°F | 48.4°F | 4.14 in |
| November | 62.3°F | 38.3°F | 4.52 in | 58.4°F | 37.6°F | 4.63 in |
| December | 53.3°F | 33.1°F | 6.23 in | 48.4°F | 30.7°F | 5.53 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 →