Climate twins of Myrtle, MS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Myrtle'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: Myrtle vs its climate twin
Top match: Shelbyville, TN
| Month | Myrtle | Shelbyville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 50.7°F | 27.7°F | 5.07 in | 49.4°F | 28.9°F | 5.29 in |
| February | 54.2°F | 30.7°F | 5.51 in | 53.8°F | 31.7°F | 5.63 in |
| March | 63.6°F | 37.8°F | 5.73 in | 62.5°F | 38.7°F | 5.79 in |
| April | 72.7°F | 46.7°F | 5.61 in | 72.0°F | 47.1°F | 4.99 in |
| May | 80.0°F | 56.3°F | 5.30 in | 79.5°F | 56.2°F | 5.05 in |
| June | 87.2°F | 64.6°F | 4.99 in | 86.4°F | 64.3°F | 5.03 in |
| July | 89.7°F | 67.9°F | 4.56 in | 89.4°F | 68.3°F | 5.07 in |
| August | 90.0°F | 66.5°F | 3.93 in | 89.0°F | 66.6°F | 4.24 in |
| September | 84.8°F | 59.3°F | 3.99 in | 83.9°F | 59.7°F | 4.22 in |
| October | 74.6°F | 47.3°F | 3.65 in | 73.4°F | 47.9°F | 3.65 in |
| November | 62.4°F | 36.5°F | 4.07 in | 61.6°F | 37.1°F | 4.35 in |
| December | 53.1°F | 31.1°F | 6.21 in | 52.4°F | 31.7°F | 6.05 in |
Cities that consider Myrtle their climate twin
These US cities have Myrtle in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Myrtle would feel familiar.
- Shelbyville, TN (ranks Myrtle #2)
- Thompson's Station, TN (ranks Myrtle #2)
- Spring Hill, TN (ranks Myrtle #2)
- Fayetteville, TN (ranks Myrtle #2)
- Cowan, TN (ranks Myrtle #2)
- Huntland, TN (ranks Myrtle #2)
- Decherd, TN (ranks Myrtle #2)
- Winchester, TN (ranks Myrtle #2)
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 →