Climate twins of Hickory, MS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hickory'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: Hickory vs its climate twin
Top match: Clanton, AL
| Month | Hickory | Clanton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 56.5°F | 34.3°F | 5.49 in | 55.5°F | 34.2°F | 5.86 in |
| February | 61.2°F | 37.5°F | 5.53 in | 60.1°F | 37.5°F | 5.53 in |
| March | 68.7°F | 43.6°F | 5.62 in | 67.5°F | 43.8°F | 5.97 in |
| April | 75.1°F | 50.0°F | 6.15 in | 74.5°F | 50.0°F | 5.20 in |
| May | 82.5°F | 58.6°F | 4.11 in | 81.2°F | 58.6°F | 4.24 in |
| June | 87.8°F | 66.3°F | 4.65 in | 87.0°F | 66.6°F | 4.46 in |
| July | 89.6°F | 69.4°F | 5.18 in | 89.8°F | 69.8°F | 4.68 in |
| August | 89.7°F | 68.5°F | 4.62 in | 89.3°F | 69.0°F | 3.81 in |
| September | 86.1°F | 62.2°F | 3.23 in | 84.9°F | 63.0°F | 3.50 in |
| October | 77.1°F | 51.1°F | 3.83 in | 75.6°F | 52.4°F | 3.58 in |
| November | 66.0°F | 40.5°F | 4.38 in | 65.3°F | 41.3°F | 4.58 in |
| December | 58.6°F | 36.4°F | 5.43 in | 57.3°F | 36.9°F | 5.02 in |
Cities that consider Hickory their climate twin
These US cities have Hickory in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Hickory would feel familiar.
- Clanton, AL (ranks Hickory #1)
- Rockford, AL (ranks Hickory #1)
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 →