Climate twins of South Mansfield, LA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches South Mansfield'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: South Mansfield vs its climate twin
Top match: Mitchellville, AR
| Month | South Mansfield | Mitchellville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 57.4°F | 36.0°F | 4.93 in | 53.2°F | 35.4°F | 4.45 in |
| February | 62.3°F | 40.4°F | 5.20 in | 57.7°F | 38.0°F | 4.65 in |
| March | 70.4°F | 45.7°F | 5.48 in | 66.5°F | 45.1°F | 5.21 in |
| April | 76.1°F | 52.7°F | 5.17 in | 75.5°F | 53.8°F | 5.54 in |
| May | 83.4°F | 61.8°F | 4.57 in | 82.8°F | 62.4°F | 4.92 in |
| June | 90.3°F | 69.7°F | 4.33 in | 89.5°F | 69.7°F | 3.31 in |
| July | 93.4°F | 72.1°F | 2.55 in | 91.7°F | 72.0°F | 3.37 in |
| August | 93.3°F | 72.0°F | 3.52 in | 91.3°F | 70.6°F | 2.90 in |
| September | 88.0°F | 64.5°F | 3.19 in | 86.3°F | 64.0°F | 2.82 in |
| October | 78.5°F | 54.9°F | 4.95 in | 76.7°F | 53.2°F | 4.43 in |
| November | 67.5°F | 43.8°F | 4.26 in | 64.4°F | 43.5°F | 4.15 in |
| December | 59.6°F | 37.6°F | 5.27 in | 55.5°F | 37.4°F | 5.43 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 →