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 →