Climate twins of Slate Springs, MS

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

Top match: Athens, AL

Month Slate Springs Athens
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 53.8°F 31.9°F 5.26 in 51.3°F 33.5°F 5.52 in
February 58.6°F 35.2°F 5.16 in 55.9°F 36.7°F 5.43 in
March 67.0°F 42.6°F 5.30 in 64.5°F 43.5°F 5.59 in
April 74.8°F 50.7°F 6.20 in 73.3°F 51.3°F 5.40 in
May 81.9°F 59.7°F 5.53 in 80.4°F 60.4°F 4.85 in
June 88.1°F 67.6°F 5.43 in 87.1°F 68.4°F 4.76 in
July 91.1°F 71.0°F 4.27 in 89.9°F 72.1°F 4.89 in
August 91.1°F 69.8°F 3.67 in 89.8°F 70.9°F 3.93 in
September 86.4°F 63.0°F 3.62 in 84.9°F 64.5°F 3.77 in
October 76.8°F 50.9°F 3.62 in 74.7°F 52.6°F 4.02 in
November 64.8°F 40.2°F 3.88 in 63.0°F 41.9°F 4.61 in
December 56.4°F 34.8°F 5.96 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 →