Climate twins of Silver Creek, MS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Silver Creek'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: Silver Creek vs its climate twin
Top match: Northport, AL
| Month | Silver Creek | Northport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 61.7°F | 36.0°F | 5.97 in | 57.3°F | 36.4°F | 5.92 in |
| February | 66.7°F | 39.7°F | 5.95 in | 62.2°F | 39.9°F | 5.84 in |
| March | 73.8°F | 46.4°F | 5.70 in | 70.5°F | 46.9°F | 5.06 in |
| April | 80.9°F | 52.9°F | 5.76 in | 78.1°F | 53.6°F | 5.45 in |
| May | 87.8°F | 61.2°F | 4.49 in | 85.0°F | 62.5°F | 3.78 in |
| June | 93.5°F | 68.5°F | 4.71 in | 91.0°F | 70.0°F | 4.55 in |
| July | 95.8°F | 71.3°F | 5.88 in | 93.6°F | 73.1°F | 4.69 in |
| August | 95.8°F | 70.7°F | 4.22 in | 93.0°F | 72.6°F | 4.80 in |
| September | 91.0°F | 66.1°F | 3.56 in | 88.4°F | 67.1°F | 3.74 in |
| October | 81.9°F | 53.5°F | 4.24 in | 78.5°F | 55.2°F | 3.89 in |
| November | 71.5°F | 43.6°F | 4.67 in | 67.3°F | 44.3°F | 4.64 in |
| December | 64.2°F | 38.5°F | 5.20 in | 59.2°F | 39.0°F | 5.39 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 →