Climate twins of Mantachie, MS

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Mantachie'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: Mantachie vs its climate twin

Top match: Shelbyville, TN

Month Mantachie Shelbyville
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 50.9°F 29.9°F 5.25 in 49.4°F 28.9°F 5.29 in
February 55.7°F 32.8°F 5.73 in 53.8°F 31.7°F 5.63 in
March 64.5°F 39.7°F 5.43 in 62.5°F 38.7°F 5.79 in
April 73.0°F 48.4°F 5.84 in 72.0°F 47.1°F 4.99 in
May 79.9°F 57.7°F 5.94 in 79.5°F 56.2°F 5.05 in
June 86.4°F 65.6°F 4.94 in 86.4°F 64.3°F 5.03 in
July 89.3°F 69.2°F 4.69 in 89.4°F 68.3°F 5.07 in
August 89.4°F 67.7°F 4.91 in 89.0°F 66.6°F 4.24 in
September 84.2°F 61.0°F 3.98 in 83.9°F 59.7°F 4.22 in
October 73.8°F 49.0°F 4.04 in 73.4°F 47.9°F 3.65 in
November 62.3°F 38.3°F 4.52 in 61.6°F 37.1°F 4.35 in
December 53.3°F 33.1°F 6.23 in 52.4°F 31.7°F 6.05 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 →