Climate twins of Hot Springs, AR
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hot Springs'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: Hot Springs vs its climate twin
Top match: West Memphis, AR
| Month | Hot Springs | West Memphis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 51.7°F | 32.0°F | 3.76 in | 48.5°F | 31.1°F | 4.40 in |
| February | 56.3°F | 34.9°F | 4.64 in | 53.6°F | 34.1°F | 4.39 in |
| March | 64.9°F | 42.3°F | 5.53 in | 62.1°F | 42.3°F | 5.79 in |
| April | 73.7°F | 50.6°F | 5.86 in | 71.9°F | 51.3°F | 5.84 in |
| May | 80.4°F | 60.4°F | 6.51 in | 80.4°F | 61.2°F | 5.94 in |
| June | 88.3°F | 68.4°F | 4.33 in | 88.2°F | 69.4°F | 4.01 in |
| July | 93.1°F | 72.1°F | 4.52 in | 90.6°F | 72.7°F | 4.21 in |
| August | 93.0°F | 71.0°F | 3.60 in | 90.3°F | 71.1°F | 3.10 in |
| September | 86.2°F | 63.9°F | 4.18 in | 85.4°F | 64.1°F | 3.32 in |
| October | 74.8°F | 52.2°F | 5.10 in | 74.7°F | 51.8°F | 4.44 in |
| November | 62.5°F | 42.0°F | 4.94 in | 61.7°F | 41.6°F | 4.83 in |
| December | 53.4°F | 34.7°F | 4.99 in | 51.6°F | 34.5°F | 5.63 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 →