Climate twins of Jonesboro, AR
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Jonesboro'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: Jonesboro vs its climate twin
Top match: Oppelo, AR
| Month | Jonesboro | Oppelo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 45.6°F | 26.7°F | 3.90 in | 50.0°F | 29.1°F | 3.64 in |
| February | 50.5°F | 30.2°F | 4.11 in | 55.2°F | 31.8°F | 3.81 in |
| March | 60.0°F | 38.0°F | 5.23 in | 63.8°F | 39.5°F | 5.06 in |
| April | 70.7°F | 47.7°F | 5.36 in | 72.9°F | 48.1°F | 5.29 in |
| May | 79.2°F | 57.2°F | 5.73 in | 80.2°F | 58.2°F | 5.52 in |
| June | 87.2°F | 66.1°F | 3.35 in | 88.3°F | 67.3°F | 3.56 in |
| July | 89.7°F | 69.6°F | 3.61 in | 92.5°F | 70.9°F | 3.82 in |
| August | 89.0°F | 68.0°F | 3.69 in | 92.6°F | 68.8°F | 3.69 in |
| September | 83.0°F | 60.0°F | 3.50 in | 85.9°F | 61.0°F | 3.30 in |
| October | 72.4°F | 48.1°F | 3.97 in | 75.1°F | 49.0°F | 3.93 in |
| November | 58.8°F | 37.2°F | 4.89 in | 62.6°F | 38.7°F | 4.85 in |
| December | 48.6°F | 30.1°F | 4.68 in | 52.5°F | 31.4°F | 4.73 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 →