Climate twins of Gulfport, MS

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Gulfport'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: Gulfport vs its climate twin

Top match: Crestview, FL

Month Gulfport Crestview
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 61.3°F 42.4°F 4.87 in 62.7°F 38.5°F 5.66 in
February 64.8°F 46.2°F 4.44 in 66.8°F 41.4°F 4.58 in
March 70.4°F 51.8°F 5.22 in 73.3°F 46.7°F 5.66 in
April 76.5°F 58.4°F 5.51 in 79.4°F 52.6°F 4.92 in
May 83.6°F 66.4°F 4.74 in 86.9°F 60.6°F 4.13 in
June 88.7°F 73.2°F 6.89 in 91.1°F 68.5°F 5.96 in
July 90.4°F 74.9°F 7.21 in 92.4°F 71.1°F 7.92 in
August 90.7°F 74.6°F 6.53 in 91.7°F 71.1°F 6.42 in
September 87.8°F 70.6°F 5.18 in 88.6°F 66.9°F 5.06 in
October 79.9°F 60.1°F 3.71 in 81.1°F 55.5°F 4.09 in
November 70.0°F 49.2°F 4.03 in 71.6°F 44.6°F 4.27 in
December 63.5°F 44.6°F 4.49 in 64.6°F 40.6°F 4.93 in

Cities that consider Gulfport their climate twin

These US cities have Gulfport in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Gulfport would feel familiar.

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 →