Climate twins of Madison, AL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Madison'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: Madison vs its climate twin
Top match: Newbern, AL
| Month | Madison | Newbern | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 52.3°F | 33.1°F | 4.99 in | 56.6°F | 36.1°F | 5.11 in |
| February | 57.1°F | 36.4°F | 5.11 in | 60.9°F | 39.4°F | 5.63 in |
| March | 65.5°F | 43.0°F | 5.39 in | 68.0°F | 45.0°F | 5.32 in |
| April | 74.8°F | 51.0°F | 4.86 in | 74.5°F | 52.0°F | 5.32 in |
| May | 82.5°F | 60.2°F | 4.67 in | 81.2°F | 60.7°F | 4.60 in |
| June | 89.1°F | 68.0°F | 4.06 in | 87.3°F | 68.4°F | 3.89 in |
| July | 91.5°F | 71.1°F | 4.49 in | 89.6°F | 71.6°F | 4.38 in |
| August | 91.3°F | 69.7°F | 3.55 in | 89.4°F | 71.0°F | 3.99 in |
| September | 86.5°F | 63.4°F | 3.49 in | 85.1°F | 65.4°F | 3.65 in |
| October | 76.0°F | 51.8°F | 3.56 in | 76.2°F | 54.1°F | 3.34 in |
| November | 63.9°F | 41.2°F | 4.25 in | 65.3°F | 43.4°F | 4.57 in |
| December | 55.0°F | 35.9°F | 5.87 in | 57.8°F | 38.4°F | 5.07 in |
Cities that consider Madison their climate twin
These US cities have Madison in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Madison would feel familiar.
- Greensboro, AL (ranks Madison #1)
- Newbern, AL (ranks Madison #1)
- Faunsdale, AL (ranks Madison #2)
- Tallassee, AL (ranks Madison #2)
- Tuskegee, AL (ranks Madison #2)
- Franklin, AL (ranks Madison #2)
- Shorter, AL (ranks Madison #2)
- Aubrey, AR (ranks Madison #2)
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 →