Climate twins of Harahan, LA

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

Top match: Dauphin Island, AL

Month Harahan Dauphin Island
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 64.3°F 46.5°F 4.95 in 58.6°F 46.1°F 5.23 in
February 68.4°F 50.5°F 4.14 in 61.5°F 49.4°F 4.35 in
March 74.5°F 55.8°F 4.60 in 66.8°F 55.8°F 4.90 in
April 80.9°F 62.0°F 4.99 in 73.5°F 63.1°F 5.16 in
May 87.9°F 69.3°F 5.39 in 80.8°F 71.2°F 5.01 in
June 92.5°F 74.9°F 7.37 in 86.2°F 76.4°F 5.87 in
July 93.9°F 76.6°F 8.77 in 88.2°F 78.2°F 6.80 in
August 94.0°F 76.9°F 6.80 in 88.1°F 78.3°F 6.02 in
September 90.1°F 73.6°F 5.72 in 85.2°F 75.5°F 5.24 in
October 82.6°F 64.7°F 3.58 in 77.4°F 66.7°F 3.52 in
November 72.9°F 54.6°F 3.78 in 67.8°F 55.6°F 3.86 in
December 66.4°F 49.0°F 4.51 in 61.2°F 49.2°F 5.13 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 →