Climate twins of McRae, AR
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches McRae'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: McRae vs its climate twin
Top match: Wilton, AR
| Month | McRae | Wilton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 49.1°F | 30.0°F | 3.58 in | 53.8°F | 31.7°F | 3.93 in |
| February | 54.1°F | 33.2°F | 3.90 in | 57.6°F | 35.3°F | 4.55 in |
| March | 63.0°F | 41.5°F | 5.07 in | 65.9°F | 41.6°F | 5.34 in |
| April | 73.0°F | 50.4°F | 5.42 in | 74.4°F | 50.0°F | 5.18 in |
| May | 81.6°F | 60.6°F | 5.93 in | 81.3°F | 59.4°F | 5.74 in |
| June | 89.6°F | 69.3°F | 3.02 in | 89.0°F | 68.0°F | 3.91 in |
| July | 93.0°F | 72.6°F | 3.87 in | 93.2°F | 71.3°F | 3.40 in |
| August | 92.1°F | 70.9°F | 3.41 in | 93.2°F | 70.4°F | 2.95 in |
| September | 85.4°F | 63.0°F | 3.83 in | 86.8°F | 63.1°F | 4.11 in |
| October | 73.8°F | 50.7°F | 4.13 in | 76.0°F | 52.7°F | 4.28 in |
| November | 61.3°F | 40.3°F | 4.77 in | 63.3°F | 41.2°F | 4.53 in |
| December | 51.6°F | 33.0°F | 4.91 in | 55.8°F | 34.7°F | 5.32 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 →