Climate twins of Leland, MS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Leland'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: Leland vs its climate twin
Top match: Minden, LA
| Month | Leland | Minden | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 52.6°F | 34.3°F | 5.55 in | 57.9°F | 34.2°F | 5.27 in |
| February | 57.3°F | 37.6°F | 5.59 in | 61.9°F | 37.2°F | 5.01 in |
| March | 65.9°F | 44.9°F | 5.41 in | 69.9°F | 44.3°F | 5.66 in |
| April | 75.4°F | 53.8°F | 6.05 in | 77.4°F | 51.5°F | 6.45 in |
| May | 83.7°F | 63.4°F | 4.84 in | 84.3°F | 61.7°F | 4.89 in |
| June | 89.8°F | 70.4°F | 4.07 in | 90.9°F | 69.7°F | 4.93 in |
| July | 92.1°F | 72.7°F | 4.01 in | 94.2°F | 72.9°F | 3.68 in |
| August | 92.5°F | 70.9°F | 3.12 in | 94.7°F | 71.9°F | 3.24 in |
| September | 88.2°F | 64.6°F | 3.51 in | 89.3°F | 65.4°F | 3.69 in |
| October | 77.7°F | 53.3°F | 4.18 in | 79.2°F | 52.9°F | 4.68 in |
| November | 65.1°F | 43.3°F | 4.49 in | 68.1°F | 42.7°F | 4.36 in |
| December | 55.4°F | 37.1°F | 5.25 in | 59.8°F | 36.3°F | 5.73 in |
Cities that consider Leland their climate twin
These US cities have Leland in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Leland would feel familiar.
- Benton, LA (ranks Leland #1)
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 →