Climate twins of Sherman, MS

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Sherman'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: Sherman vs its climate twin

Top match: Union Grove, AL

Month Sherman Union Grove
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 50.9°F 31.7°F 5.09 in 50.4°F 33.1°F 5.31 in
February 55.4°F 35.6°F 5.29 in 54.8°F 35.8°F 5.40 in
March 63.8°F 42.7°F 5.28 in 63.3°F 42.8°F 5.65 in
April 73.2°F 50.8°F 5.23 in 71.9°F 50.4°F 4.99 in
May 80.7°F 60.2°F 5.09 in 79.5°F 59.7°F 4.56 in
June 87.4°F 68.2°F 5.41 in 86.1°F 68.1°F 4.73 in
July 90.1°F 71.6°F 4.35 in 88.9°F 71.6°F 4.31 in
August 90.2°F 70.7°F 4.09 in 88.7°F 71.1°F 4.02 in
September 84.9°F 63.5°F 3.72 in 83.9°F 65.4°F 4.16 in
October 74.9°F 51.6°F 4.05 in 73.6°F 53.5°F 3.48 in
November 63.0°F 41.1°F 4.37 in 62.0°F 42.3°F 4.19 in
December 53.8°F 35.1°F 5.90 in 53.3°F 36.3°F 5.97 in

Cities that consider Sherman their climate twin

These US cities have Sherman in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Sherman would feel familiar.

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 →