Climate twins of Starkville, MS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Starkville'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: Starkville vs its climate twin
Top match: Pelham, AL
| Month | Starkville | Pelham | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 54.1°F | 33.2°F | 5.48 in | 54.8°F | 34.6°F | 5.10 in |
| February | 58.6°F | 36.2°F | 6.18 in | 60.1°F | 37.8°F | 5.58 in |
| March | 66.8°F | 43.3°F | 5.37 in | 68.0°F | 45.0°F | 5.34 in |
| April | 75.0°F | 51.3°F | 6.07 in | 76.1°F | 51.2°F | 5.18 in |
| May | 82.5°F | 61.0°F | 4.23 in | 83.4°F | 60.3°F | 4.15 in |
| June | 88.8°F | 69.0°F | 4.59 in | 89.6°F | 67.7°F | 4.23 in |
| July | 91.7°F | 72.2°F | 4.51 in | 92.2°F | 71.2°F | 4.76 in |
| August | 91.7°F | 70.7°F | 4.21 in | 92.0°F | 70.2°F | 4.42 in |
| September | 86.8°F | 64.3°F | 3.74 in | 87.2°F | 64.4°F | 3.93 in |
| October | 77.0°F | 51.7°F | 3.86 in | 76.3°F | 52.3°F | 3.62 in |
| November | 65.4°F | 41.5°F | 4.42 in | 64.9°F | 41.6°F | 4.66 in |
| December | 56.9°F | 35.9°F | 5.32 in | 57.0°F | 36.8°F | 4.65 in |
Cities that consider Starkville their climate twin
These US cities have Starkville in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Starkville would feel familiar.
- Pelham, AL (ranks Starkville #3)
- Montrose, AR (ranks Starkville #1)
- Parkdale, AR (ranks Starkville #1)
- Portland, AR (ranks Starkville #1)
- Wilmot, AR (ranks Starkville #1)
- Eudora, AR (ranks Starkville #1)
- Kilbourne, LA (ranks Starkville #1)
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 →