Climate twins of Mayflower, AR
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Mayflower'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: Mayflower vs its climate twin
Top match: Hayti Heights, MO
| Month | Mayflower | Hayti Heights | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 50.2°F | 26.6°F | 3.57 in | 46.1°F | 29.6°F | 4.00 in |
| February | 55.0°F | 30.3°F | 4.51 in | 51.1°F | 32.7°F | 4.87 in |
| March | 63.7°F | 38.3°F | 5.28 in | 59.9°F | 39.8°F | 5.25 in |
| April | 72.9°F | 46.1°F | 5.73 in | 70.8°F | 50.0°F | 6.12 in |
| May | 81.1°F | 56.7°F | 6.81 in | 79.1°F | 60.4°F | 5.91 in |
| June | 88.8°F | 65.5°F | 3.73 in | 87.5°F | 68.4°F | 4.38 in |
| July | 92.8°F | 69.3°F | 3.66 in | 90.1°F | 72.2°F | 3.78 in |
| August | 92.0°F | 67.1°F | 3.56 in | 88.9°F | 70.2°F | 3.14 in |
| September | 85.7°F | 59.2°F | 3.53 in | 83.0°F | 62.7°F | 3.59 in |
| October | 75.0°F | 47.4°F | 4.59 in | 72.4°F | 50.6°F | 4.60 in |
| November | 62.5°F | 36.3°F | 5.35 in | 59.4°F | 40.1°F | 4.39 in |
| December | 53.5°F | 30.1°F | 5.22 in | 49.0°F | 32.8°F | 5.23 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 →