Climate twins of Selma, AL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Selma'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: Selma vs its climate twin
Top match: Seminary, MS
| Month | Selma | Seminary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 59.2°F | 35.9°F | 5.08 in | 61.8°F | 34.0°F | 5.88 in |
| February | 63.3°F | 39.4°F | 5.35 in | 66.3°F | 38.2°F | 5.13 in |
| March | 71.1°F | 45.6°F | 5.35 in | 72.6°F | 44.4°F | 5.29 in |
| April | 78.0°F | 52.1°F | 4.56 in | 79.6°F | 51.9°F | 5.09 in |
| May | 85.3°F | 60.9°F | 4.10 in | 86.3°F | 60.5°F | 4.67 in |
| June | 91.1°F | 68.9°F | 4.32 in | 91.8°F | 67.7°F | 3.94 in |
| July | 93.2°F | 71.8°F | 5.11 in | 94.1°F | 70.4°F | 5.07 in |
| August | 93.1°F | 71.4°F | 4.92 in | 93.7°F | 69.7°F | 4.93 in |
| September | 88.7°F | 66.6°F | 3.80 in | 89.5°F | 64.5°F | 3.93 in |
| October | 79.7°F | 55.0°F | 2.66 in | 80.7°F | 53.2°F | 3.81 in |
| November | 69.2°F | 43.0°F | 4.07 in | 70.7°F | 42.6°F | 4.43 in |
| December | 61.0°F | 38.0°F | 5.21 in | 63.5°F | 37.0°F | 5.90 in |
Cities that consider Selma their climate twin
These US cities have Selma in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Selma would feel familiar.
- Collins, MS (ranks Selma #3)
- Seminary, MS (ranks Selma #3)
- Phenix City, AL (ranks Selma #3)
- Americus, GA (ranks Selma #3)
- Smithville, GA (ranks Selma #3)
- Newton, GA (ranks Selma #3)
- Mary Esther, FL (ranks Selma #3)
- Destin, FL (ranks Selma #3)
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 →