Climate twins of Lester, AL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lester'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: Lester vs its climate twin
Top match: Walthall, MS
| Month | Lester | Walthall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 50.7°F | 30.9°F | 6.04 in | 52.8°F | 31.6°F | 5.51 in |
| February | 55.0°F | 34.1°F | 5.47 in | 57.5°F | 34.7°F | 5.48 in |
| March | 63.9°F | 41.3°F | 5.53 in | 65.9°F | 41.5°F | 5.77 in |
| April | 73.0°F | 49.1°F | 5.30 in | 74.1°F | 49.1°F | 5.59 in |
| May | 79.5°F | 57.9°F | 5.48 in | 81.2°F | 59.1°F | 5.18 in |
| June | 87.0°F | 66.0°F | 4.61 in | 87.4°F | 66.1°F | 4.38 in |
| July | 90.2°F | 68.7°F | 3.92 in | 90.2°F | 69.7°F | 4.18 in |
| August | 89.9°F | 67.9°F | 3.97 in | 90.1°F | 68.7°F | 4.16 in |
| September | 84.3°F | 61.7°F | 4.49 in | 85.7°F | 62.4°F | 4.17 in |
| October | 73.8°F | 49.5°F | 3.57 in | 75.7°F | 49.8°F | 3.69 in |
| November | 61.9°F | 40.0°F | 4.19 in | 64.0°F | 40.0°F | 4.65 in |
| December | 53.3°F | 34.7°F | 5.97 in | 55.4°F | 34.3°F | 5.94 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 →