Climate twins of Holland, AR
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Holland'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: Holland vs its climate twin
Top match: Fisk, MO
| Month | Holland | Fisk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 49.1°F | 28.3°F | 3.18 in | 44.6°F | 27.7°F | 3.48 in |
| February | 55.6°F | 29.8°F | 3.60 in | 49.5°F | 31.3°F | 3.67 in |
| March | 63.2°F | 38.1°F | 4.99 in | 59.0°F | 38.5°F | 4.88 in |
| April | 73.0°F | 45.9°F | 5.48 in | 70.0°F | 48.0°F | 5.63 in |
| May | 79.6°F | 56.0°F | 5.50 in | 78.6°F | 57.9°F | 5.07 in |
| June | 87.9°F | 64.8°F | 3.58 in | 86.9°F | 66.4°F | 3.74 in |
| July | 91.7°F | 68.5°F | 3.40 in | 89.2°F | 70.2°F | 3.74 in |
| August | 91.6°F | 66.6°F | 4.00 in | 88.1°F | 67.4°F | 3.44 in |
| September | 85.1°F | 58.7°F | 3.65 in | 82.2°F | 59.0°F | 3.98 in |
| October | 74.0°F | 46.0°F | 4.52 in | 71.8°F | 47.2°F | 3.96 in |
| November | 61.5°F | 36.5°F | 4.27 in | 57.6°F | 37.1°F | 4.91 in |
| December | 52.2°F | 30.6°F | 4.37 in | 47.4°F | 30.4°F | 4.26 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 →