Climate twins of Jonesboro, GA
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: Simpsonville, SC
| Month | Jonesboro | Simpsonville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 52.7°F | 32.3°F | 5.02 in | 53.3°F | 29.8°F | 4.35 in |
| February | 56.5°F | 35.3°F | 4.86 in | 57.0°F | 33.1°F | 4.00 in |
| March | 64.7°F | 41.8°F | 4.95 in | 64.8°F | 38.4°F | 4.47 in |
| April | 73.0°F | 49.1°F | 4.19 in | 73.3°F | 46.8°F | 4.15 in |
| May | 80.5°F | 58.8°F | 3.47 in | 79.6°F | 56.1°F | 3.66 in |
| June | 86.7°F | 66.5°F | 4.59 in | 86.6°F | 64.3°F | 4.50 in |
| July | 89.6°F | 70.0°F | 5.09 in | 90.0°F | 68.1°F | 4.40 in |
| August | 88.6°F | 69.0°F | 4.42 in | 88.4°F | 67.2°F | 4.89 in |
| September | 83.2°F | 63.3°F | 3.56 in | 82.6°F | 61.3°F | 3.69 in |
| October | 73.4°F | 51.6°F | 3.62 in | 73.5°F | 48.6°F | 3.62 in |
| November | 62.4°F | 40.9°F | 4.19 in | 63.5°F | 37.8°F | 3.86 in |
| December | 54.7°F | 35.4°F | 4.96 in | 55.7°F | 32.5°F | 4.65 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 →