Climate twins of Highland, AR
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Highland'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: Highland vs its climate twin
Top match: Golconda, IL
| Month | Highland | Golconda | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 45.8°F | 26.3°F | 3.76 in | 43.3°F | 25.5°F | 3.84 in |
| February | 50.3°F | 29.8°F | 3.71 in | 48.7°F | 29.0°F | 3.64 in |
| March | 59.7°F | 38.1°F | 4.82 in | 58.6°F | 36.9°F | 4.66 in |
| April | 69.8°F | 47.7°F | 5.25 in | 69.7°F | 46.2°F | 4.96 in |
| May | 77.0°F | 56.7°F | 5.53 in | 77.2°F | 55.6°F | 5.19 in |
| June | 85.4°F | 65.3°F | 3.65 in | 85.2°F | 62.9°F | 4.08 in |
| July | 89.4°F | 68.9°F | 3.71 in | 88.3°F | 66.5°F | 4.39 in |
| August | 88.6°F | 67.5°F | 3.98 in | 87.4°F | 64.8°F | 3.65 in |
| September | 81.3°F | 59.6°F | 4.35 in | 82.0°F | 57.5°F | 3.79 in |
| October | 70.9°F | 48.2°F | 3.99 in | 71.2°F | 46.3°F | 3.84 in |
| November | 58.2°F | 37.6°F | 4.50 in | 57.0°F | 37.2°F | 4.30 in |
| December | 48.2°F | 30.5°F | 4.19 in | 46.3°F | 29.2°F | 4.16 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 →