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 →