Climate twins of Iuka, MS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Iuka'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: Iuka vs its climate twin
Top match: Graysville, TN
| Month | Iuka | Graysville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 49.4°F | 27.8°F | 5.16 in | 47.4°F | 28.3°F | 5.21 in |
| February | 54.2°F | 30.6°F | 5.51 in | 52.0°F | 31.4°F | 5.09 in |
| March | 62.9°F | 37.2°F | 5.92 in | 60.9°F | 37.6°F | 5.33 in |
| April | 72.0°F | 45.5°F | 5.48 in | 70.5°F | 46.1°F | 5.38 in |
| May | 79.1°F | 55.2°F | 5.39 in | 78.0°F | 55.0°F | 4.79 in |
| June | 85.7°F | 63.4°F | 4.33 in | 84.7°F | 63.4°F | 4.50 in |
| July | 88.4°F | 67.1°F | 5.00 in | 87.6°F | 67.0°F | 5.29 in |
| August | 88.3°F | 65.9°F | 5.21 in | 87.4°F | 65.9°F | 3.88 in |
| September | 84.1°F | 58.8°F | 5.28 in | 82.1°F | 59.6°F | 4.82 in |
| October | 73.5°F | 46.2°F | 3.79 in | 71.2°F | 47.5°F | 3.62 in |
| November | 62.0°F | 36.0°F | 4.51 in | 59.4°F | 37.0°F | 4.79 in |
| December | 52.1°F | 31.2°F | 6.73 in | 50.3°F | 31.3°F | 6.04 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 →