Climate twins of Sardis, MS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Sardis'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: Sardis vs its climate twin
Top match: Athens, AL
| Month | Sardis | Athens | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 50.9°F | 33.3°F | 4.76 in | 51.3°F | 33.5°F | 5.52 in |
| February | 55.7°F | 36.5°F | 5.47 in | 55.9°F | 36.7°F | 5.43 in |
| March | 64.5°F | 43.8°F | 5.54 in | 64.5°F | 43.5°F | 5.59 in |
| April | 73.5°F | 52.3°F | 5.92 in | 73.3°F | 51.3°F | 5.40 in |
| May | 81.6°F | 61.7°F | 5.39 in | 80.4°F | 60.4°F | 4.85 in |
| June | 88.7°F | 69.9°F | 5.28 in | 87.1°F | 68.4°F | 4.76 in |
| July | 91.5°F | 73.6°F | 4.24 in | 89.9°F | 72.1°F | 4.89 in |
| August | 91.8°F | 72.2°F | 3.18 in | 89.8°F | 70.9°F | 3.93 in |
| September | 86.0°F | 66.0°F | 3.71 in | 84.9°F | 64.5°F | 3.77 in |
| October | 75.6°F | 53.8°F | 4.11 in | 74.7°F | 52.6°F | 4.02 in |
| November | 63.1°F | 42.7°F | 4.34 in | 63.0°F | 41.9°F | 4.61 in |
| December | 54.0°F | 35.9°F | 6.23 in | 54.2°F | 36.5°F | 6.29 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 →