Climate twins of Mena, AR
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Mena'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: Mena vs its climate twin
Top match: Ripley, TN
| Month | Mena | Ripley | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 49.4°F | 27.7°F | 3.99 in | 47.7°F | 29.4°F | 4.15 in |
| February | 54.0°F | 30.9°F | 4.08 in | 53.0°F | 33.2°F | 4.80 in |
| March | 61.9°F | 38.2°F | 5.51 in | 61.1°F | 40.2°F | 5.10 in |
| April | 70.4°F | 46.2°F | 6.20 in | 71.6°F | 49.4°F | 5.11 in |
| May | 77.3°F | 56.1°F | 7.22 in | 79.9°F | 58.7°F | 7.20 in |
| June | 85.0°F | 64.5°F | 4.48 in | 87.0°F | 66.7°F | 4.94 in |
| July | 89.7°F | 67.8°F | 4.96 in | 89.8°F | 69.8°F | 4.52 in |
| August | 89.7°F | 66.3°F | 4.05 in | 88.8°F | 67.9°F | 3.61 in |
| September | 83.2°F | 59.3°F | 4.71 in | 83.4°F | 61.0°F | 3.50 in |
| October | 72.6°F | 48.1°F | 5.29 in | 73.4°F | 49.5°F | 4.06 in |
| November | 60.8°F | 37.9°F | 5.58 in | 60.1°F | 39.8°F | 4.57 in |
| December | 51.7°F | 30.4°F | 5.36 in | 51.0°F | 32.3°F | 5.28 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 →