Climate twins of Saline, LA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Saline'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: Saline vs its climate twin
Top match: Itta Bena, MS
| Month | Saline | Itta Bena | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 57.7°F | 34.2°F | 5.38 in | 52.2°F | 35.1°F | 5.11 in |
| February | 61.9°F | 37.5°F | 5.24 in | 56.6°F | 38.7°F | 5.39 in |
| March | 69.2°F | 44.7°F | 5.56 in | 65.2°F | 46.2°F | 5.48 in |
| April | 76.1°F | 51.3°F | 5.25 in | 73.7°F | 54.7°F | 6.17 in |
| May | 82.6°F | 60.7°F | 4.63 in | 81.7°F | 63.7°F | 4.65 in |
| June | 89.2°F | 67.4°F | 4.00 in | 87.9°F | 70.8°F | 3.89 in |
| July | 92.0°F | 70.5°F | 3.81 in | 90.6°F | 73.4°F | 4.24 in |
| August | 93.0°F | 69.5°F | 3.18 in | 91.3°F | 72.6°F | 3.06 in |
| September | 88.0°F | 63.4°F | 3.92 in | 87.2°F | 66.3°F | 3.53 in |
| October | 78.3°F | 51.7°F | 4.56 in | 76.9°F | 55.4°F | 3.89 in |
| November | 68.3°F | 42.1°F | 4.99 in | 64.1°F | 44.1°F | 4.68 in |
| December | 59.4°F | 36.1°F | 6.18 in | 55.1°F | 38.1°F | 5.67 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 →