Climate twins of Oxford, MS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Oxford'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: Oxford vs its climate twin
Top match: Athens, AL
| Month | Oxford | Athens | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 52.3°F | 30.6°F | 5.13 in | 51.3°F | 33.5°F | 5.52 in |
| February | 57.1°F | 33.8°F | 5.82 in | 55.9°F | 36.7°F | 5.43 in |
| March | 65.8°F | 41.2°F | 5.61 in | 64.5°F | 43.5°F | 5.59 in |
| April | 74.2°F | 48.9°F | 6.30 in | 73.3°F | 51.3°F | 5.40 in |
| May | 82.0°F | 58.9°F | 5.35 in | 80.4°F | 60.4°F | 4.85 in |
| June | 88.6°F | 66.8°F | 5.22 in | 87.1°F | 68.4°F | 4.76 in |
| July | 91.3°F | 70.2°F | 4.35 in | 89.9°F | 72.1°F | 4.89 in |
| August | 91.0°F | 68.6°F | 3.90 in | 89.8°F | 70.9°F | 3.93 in |
| September | 86.2°F | 61.6°F | 3.99 in | 84.9°F | 64.5°F | 3.77 in |
| October | 76.1°F | 49.2°F | 4.10 in | 74.7°F | 52.6°F | 4.02 in |
| November | 64.3°F | 39.5°F | 4.30 in | 63.0°F | 41.9°F | 4.61 in |
| December | 55.0°F | 33.3°F | 6.45 in | 54.2°F | 36.5°F | 6.29 in |
Cities that consider Oxford their climate twin
These US cities have Oxford in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Oxford would feel familiar.
- Nauvoo, AL (ranks Oxford #3)
- Carbon Hill, AL (ranks Oxford #3)
- Rogersville, AL (ranks Oxford #3)
- St. Joseph, TN (ranks Oxford #3)
- Lexington, AL (ranks Oxford #3)
- Loretto, TN (ranks Oxford #3)
- Warren, AR (ranks Oxford #3)
- Wilmar, AR (ranks Oxford #3)
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 →