Climate twins of Montrose, MS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Montrose'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: Montrose vs its climate twin
Top match: Columbiana, AL
| Month | Montrose | Columbiana | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 58.1°F | 33.0°F | 5.76 in | 55.7°F | 35.6°F | 5.35 in |
| February | 62.6°F | 36.0°F | 5.54 in | 60.5°F | 39.3°F | 5.76 in |
| March | 70.1°F | 42.6°F | 5.39 in | 67.9°F | 46.0°F | 5.40 in |
| April | 77.1°F | 49.8°F | 6.12 in | 75.4°F | 52.6°F | 5.07 in |
| May | 84.4°F | 59.0°F | 4.08 in | 82.5°F | 61.0°F | 4.15 in |
| June | 90.7°F | 66.6°F | 4.90 in | 88.3°F | 68.7°F | 4.58 in |
| July | 93.2°F | 69.3°F | 4.83 in | 91.1°F | 71.6°F | 4.93 in |
| August | 92.9°F | 68.2°F | 4.64 in | 90.8°F | 71.0°F | 4.72 in |
| September | 89.0°F | 62.3°F | 3.24 in | 86.1°F | 65.5°F | 3.57 in |
| October | 79.7°F | 49.9°F | 3.83 in | 76.3°F | 53.9°F | 3.03 in |
| November | 68.3°F | 39.7°F | 4.60 in | 66.0°F | 43.1°F | 4.56 in |
| December | 60.6°F | 35.6°F | 5.54 in | 58.0°F | 38.3°F | 5.07 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 →