Climate twins of Rockford, AL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Rockford'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: Rockford vs its climate twin
Top match: Hickory, MS
| Month | Rockford | Hickory | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 54.6°F | 34.6°F | 5.72 in | 56.5°F | 34.3°F | 5.49 in |
| February | 59.5°F | 37.7°F | 5.79 in | 61.2°F | 37.5°F | 5.53 in |
| March | 67.4°F | 43.4°F | 5.93 in | 68.7°F | 43.6°F | 5.62 in |
| April | 75.0°F | 49.6°F | 5.19 in | 75.1°F | 50.0°F | 6.15 in |
| May | 81.0°F | 58.3°F | 4.78 in | 82.5°F | 58.6°F | 4.11 in |
| June | 86.1°F | 65.6°F | 4.54 in | 87.8°F | 66.3°F | 4.65 in |
| July | 88.7°F | 69.2°F | 5.33 in | 89.6°F | 69.4°F | 5.18 in |
| August | 87.2°F | 68.7°F | 5.07 in | 89.7°F | 68.5°F | 4.62 in |
| September | 83.2°F | 63.7°F | 3.79 in | 86.1°F | 62.2°F | 3.23 in |
| October | 73.9°F | 52.5°F | 3.60 in | 77.1°F | 51.1°F | 3.83 in |
| November | 64.0°F | 42.2°F | 4.97 in | 66.0°F | 40.5°F | 4.38 in |
| December | 56.7°F | 37.1°F | 5.48 in | 58.6°F | 36.4°F | 5.43 in |
Cities that consider Rockford their climate twin
These US cities have Rockford in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Rockford would feel familiar.
- Chunky, MS (ranks Rockford #2)
- Hickory, MS (ranks Rockford #2)
- Brookhaven, MS (ranks Rockford #1)
- Liberty, MS (ranks Rockford #3)
- Scooba, MS (ranks Rockford #1)
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 →