Climate twins of Section, AL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Section'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: Section vs its climate twin
Top match: Winona, MS
| Month | Section | Winona | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 50.4°F | 29.2°F | 6.07 in | 52.6°F | 29.2°F | 5.38 in |
| February | 54.8°F | 31.9°F | 5.72 in | 57.1°F | 31.8°F | 5.45 in |
| March | 63.3°F | 38.6°F | 5.69 in | 65.3°F | 38.6°F | 5.64 in |
| April | 72.1°F | 46.0°F | 5.04 in | 72.7°F | 46.0°F | 6.12 in |
| May | 79.5°F | 55.4°F | 4.55 in | 79.9°F | 55.6°F | 4.98 in |
| June | 86.4°F | 64.0°F | 4.62 in | 86.7°F | 63.9°F | 4.49 in |
| July | 89.1°F | 67.7°F | 5.17 in | 89.3°F | 67.2°F | 5.33 in |
| August | 89.1°F | 66.5°F | 4.05 in | 89.6°F | 66.0°F | 4.07 in |
| September | 84.4°F | 59.8°F | 4.26 in | 85.3°F | 59.5°F | 3.95 in |
| October | 74.3°F | 47.5°F | 3.56 in | 75.2°F | 47.2°F | 3.74 in |
| November | 62.6°F | 37.0°F | 4.76 in | 63.7°F | 36.5°F | 4.16 in |
| December | 53.5°F | 32.0°F | 6.20 in | 55.3°F | 31.8°F | 5.72 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 →