Climate twins of Marion, LA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Marion'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: Marion vs its climate twin
Top match: Canton, MS
| Month | Marion | Canton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 55.6°F | 33.6°F | 5.62 in | 56.0°F | 33.6°F | 5.15 in |
| February | 59.8°F | 36.5°F | 5.31 in | 59.8°F | 35.9°F | 4.92 in |
| March | 68.3°F | 43.2°F | 5.81 in | 68.2°F | 43.4°F | 5.69 in |
| April | 75.8°F | 50.4°F | 5.67 in | 75.3°F | 50.7°F | 6.09 in |
| May | 82.6°F | 59.7°F | 4.87 in | 82.5°F | 60.3°F | 4.73 in |
| June | 89.4°F | 67.0°F | 3.84 in | 88.8°F | 66.6°F | 4.02 in |
| July | 92.3°F | 70.1°F | 4.91 in | 91.8°F | 70.2°F | 4.60 in |
| August | 92.3°F | 68.7°F | 4.28 in | 91.1°F | 68.9°F | 3.84 in |
| September | 87.5°F | 62.1°F | 4.17 in | 87.6°F | 62.8°F | 4.06 in |
| October | 77.2°F | 49.8°F | 5.09 in | 77.9°F | 50.8°F | 4.30 in |
| November | 65.8°F | 40.8°F | 4.50 in | 66.0°F | 40.4°F | 4.64 in |
| December | 57.8°F | 35.7°F | 5.84 in | 58.1°F | 35.3°F | 5.01 in |
Cities that consider Marion their climate twin
These US cities have Marion in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Marion would feel familiar.
- Ethel, MS (ranks Marion #1)
- Kosciusko, MS (ranks Marion #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 →