Climate twins of Tchula, MS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Tchula'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: Tchula vs its climate twin
Top match: Lisbon, LA
| Month | Tchula | Lisbon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 54.4°F | 31.0°F | 5.36 in | 55.6°F | 32.0°F | 5.15 in |
| February | 57.8°F | 33.6°F | 5.83 in | 59.7°F | 35.3°F | 5.26 in |
| March | 66.2°F | 41.6°F | 5.78 in | 67.5°F | 41.7°F | 5.68 in |
| April | 73.5°F | 49.1°F | 6.35 in | 75.2°F | 49.2°F | 5.89 in |
| May | 81.0°F | 58.7°F | 4.65 in | 81.9°F | 58.8°F | 4.74 in |
| June | 87.0°F | 65.0°F | 3.27 in | 88.6°F | 66.4°F | 4.04 in |
| July | 89.8°F | 68.8°F | 4.74 in | 91.7°F | 69.9°F | 4.02 in |
| August | 89.6°F | 67.6°F | 2.66 in | 92.0°F | 69.0°F | 3.28 in |
| September | 85.9°F | 61.2°F | 3.77 in | 86.9°F | 62.4°F | 3.73 in |
| October | 76.4°F | 49.4°F | 4.11 in | 76.6°F | 50.2°F | 4.64 in |
| November | 64.7°F | 38.9°F | 4.09 in | 65.3°F | 40.3°F | 4.64 in |
| December | 56.0°F | 33.1°F | 5.94 in | 57.5°F | 34.1°F | 5.92 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 →