Climate twins of Swifton, AR
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Swifton'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: Swifton vs its climate twin
Top match: Havana, AR
| Month | Swifton | Havana | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 44.3°F | 28.1°F | 3.43 in | 50.4°F | 27.6°F | 3.40 in |
| February | 49.3°F | 31.1°F | 3.33 in | 55.6°F | 31.1°F | 3.36 in |
| March | 58.7°F | 39.3°F | 4.45 in | 64.0°F | 38.4°F | 4.86 in |
| April | 68.9°F | 48.9°F | 5.22 in | 73.4°F | 47.1°F | 4.91 in |
| May | 77.5°F | 59.2°F | 4.94 in | 80.3°F | 56.9°F | 5.05 in |
| June | 86.3°F | 68.5°F | 3.07 in | 88.2°F | 65.4°F | 3.70 in |
| July | 87.8°F | 71.6°F | 3.65 in | 93.0°F | 68.9°F | 3.79 in |
| August | 87.2°F | 69.1°F | 3.64 in | 93.0°F | 67.5°F | 3.62 in |
| September | 81.6°F | 60.6°F | 3.37 in | 85.6°F | 60.0°F | 3.96 in |
| October | 71.9°F | 48.9°F | 3.64 in | 74.9°F | 48.4°F | 3.84 in |
| November | 58.0°F | 38.6°F | 4.14 in | 62.4°F | 37.9°F | 4.64 in |
| December | 47.4°F | 31.6°F | 4.63 in | 52.4°F | 30.4°F | 4.52 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 →