Climate twins of Goodwater, AL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Goodwater'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: Goodwater vs its climate twin
Top match: Chattanooga, TN
| Month | Goodwater | Chattanooga | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 56.0°F | 32.1°F | 5.72 in | 51.0°F | 32.4°F | 5.02 in |
| February | 60.1°F | 35.2°F | 5.49 in | 55.6°F | 35.6°F | 5.03 in |
| March | 68.1°F | 41.5°F | 5.64 in | 64.1°F | 42.2°F | 5.34 in |
| April | 75.3°F | 48.4°F | 4.64 in | 73.6°F | 49.9°F | 4.87 in |
| May | 82.3°F | 57.8°F | 4.46 in | 81.0°F | 59.0°F | 3.94 in |
| June | 88.2°F | 66.1°F | 4.76 in | 87.6°F | 67.3°F | 4.18 in |
| July | 91.2°F | 69.7°F | 5.21 in | 90.5°F | 71.0°F | 5.08 in |
| August | 90.2°F | 68.6°F | 4.70 in | 89.8°F | 70.2°F | 3.67 in |
| September | 85.7°F | 62.7°F | 3.64 in | 84.3°F | 63.6°F | 4.23 in |
| October | 76.7°F | 50.8°F | 2.86 in | 74.1°F | 51.4°F | 3.59 in |
| November | 66.4°F | 40.3°F | 4.40 in | 62.0°F | 40.3°F | 4.80 in |
| December | 58.4°F | 34.9°F | 5.47 in | 53.2°F | 35.3°F | 5.25 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 →