Climate twins of Kosciusko, MS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Kosciusko'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: Kosciusko vs its climate twin
Top match: Marion, LA
| Month | Kosciusko | Marion | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 54.3°F | 33.0°F | 5.79 in | 55.6°F | 33.6°F | 5.62 in |
| February | 58.8°F | 35.9°F | 5.97 in | 59.8°F | 36.5°F | 5.31 in |
| March | 66.8°F | 42.8°F | 5.88 in | 68.3°F | 43.2°F | 5.81 in |
| April | 74.3°F | 50.9°F | 6.75 in | 75.8°F | 50.4°F | 5.67 in |
| May | 81.2°F | 60.1°F | 4.83 in | 82.6°F | 59.7°F | 4.87 in |
| June | 87.5°F | 67.8°F | 4.17 in | 89.4°F | 67.0°F | 3.84 in |
| July | 90.0°F | 70.9°F | 5.85 in | 92.3°F | 70.1°F | 4.91 in |
| August | 89.9°F | 70.0°F | 3.74 in | 92.3°F | 68.7°F | 4.28 in |
| September | 85.3°F | 63.6°F | 4.45 in | 87.5°F | 62.1°F | 4.17 in |
| October | 74.5°F | 51.8°F | 4.49 in | 77.2°F | 49.8°F | 5.09 in |
| November | 63.8°F | 41.1°F | 4.76 in | 65.8°F | 40.8°F | 4.50 in |
| December | 56.1°F | 35.8°F | 5.84 in | 57.8°F | 35.7°F | 5.84 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 →