Climate twins of Tunica, MS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Tunica'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: Tunica vs its climate twin
Top match: Sparkman, AR
| Month | Tunica | Sparkman | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 49.2°F | 32.5°F | 4.65 in | 52.2°F | 30.6°F | 4.43 in |
| February | 53.7°F | 35.9°F | 4.95 in | 57.4°F | 33.7°F | 4.73 in |
| March | 62.9°F | 44.2°F | 5.80 in | 65.8°F | 41.0°F | 5.64 in |
| April | 72.8°F | 52.8°F | 6.02 in | 74.4°F | 48.7°F | 5.89 in |
| May | 81.6°F | 62.5°F | 6.00 in | 81.0°F | 58.8°F | 6.26 in |
| June | 89.0°F | 70.1°F | 4.28 in | 88.0°F | 67.1°F | 3.94 in |
| July | 91.3°F | 72.9°F | 4.01 in | 91.8°F | 70.7°F | 3.88 in |
| August | 90.9°F | 71.0°F | 3.15 in | 90.9°F | 69.8°F | 3.25 in |
| September | 86.1°F | 64.5°F | 3.33 in | 85.3°F | 62.6°F | 3.56 in |
| October | 75.4°F | 52.6°F | 3.86 in | 73.9°F | 49.7°F | 4.86 in |
| November | 62.5°F | 42.4°F | 4.80 in | 63.6°F | 39.8°F | 4.24 in |
| December | 52.3°F | 35.4°F | 5.66 in | 54.8°F | 33.5°F | 5.51 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 →