Climate twins of Samson, AL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Samson'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: Samson vs its climate twin
Top match: Laurel, MS
| Month | Samson | Laurel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 61.8°F | 34.8°F | 5.37 in | 59.9°F | 34.6°F | 6.07 in |
| February | 65.9°F | 38.5°F | 5.76 in | 64.7°F | 38.3°F | 5.11 in |
| March | 73.2°F | 44.0°F | 5.63 in | 71.9°F | 45.0°F | 5.46 in |
| April | 79.2°F | 50.0°F | 5.05 in | 78.6°F | 51.7°F | 5.10 in |
| May | 86.6°F | 58.6°F | 3.33 in | 85.4°F | 60.4°F | 4.34 in |
| June | 90.7°F | 66.5°F | 6.26 in | 90.9°F | 67.9°F | 5.46 in |
| July | 92.3°F | 69.0°F | 6.34 in | 93.2°F | 70.3°F | 5.38 in |
| August | 91.5°F | 68.7°F | 5.43 in | 92.7°F | 69.7°F | 5.48 in |
| September | 88.4°F | 64.0°F | 5.14 in | 88.7°F | 64.4°F | 3.94 in |
| October | 80.8°F | 52.2°F | 3.57 in | 80.0°F | 52.5°F | 3.48 in |
| November | 71.0°F | 41.7°F | 4.78 in | 69.7°F | 41.8°F | 4.06 in |
| December | 64.1°F | 37.1°F | 5.60 in | 62.4°F | 36.9°F | 5.76 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 →