Climate twins of Hamburg, AR
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hamburg'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: Hamburg vs its climate twin
Top match: Shannon, MS
| Month | Hamburg | Shannon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 57.1°F | 34.1°F | 5.52 in | 52.8°F | 32.5°F | 5.19 in |
| February | 61.6°F | 36.8°F | 5.51 in | 57.2°F | 35.2°F | 5.29 in |
| March | 70.0°F | 43.9°F | 5.37 in | 66.3°F | 42.9°F | 5.64 in |
| April | 77.6°F | 51.4°F | 5.65 in | 74.8°F | 51.0°F | 5.54 in |
| May | 84.8°F | 60.8°F | 4.98 in | 83.1°F | 60.4°F | 5.34 in |
| June | 91.6°F | 68.8°F | 3.67 in | 89.5°F | 68.4°F | 4.80 in |
| July | 94.6°F | 72.3°F | 4.23 in | 92.4°F | 71.8°F | 4.65 in |
| August | 94.9°F | 70.9°F | 3.62 in | 92.3°F | 70.4°F | 4.04 in |
| September | 90.0°F | 64.1°F | 3.60 in | 87.6°F | 63.7°F | 3.82 in |
| October | 79.9°F | 52.1°F | 4.29 in | 76.8°F | 51.1°F | 4.35 in |
| November | 68.0°F | 42.2°F | 4.44 in | 64.7°F | 40.8°F | 4.58 in |
| December | 59.3°F | 36.4°F | 5.79 in | 55.7°F | 35.1°F | 6.10 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 →