Climate twins of Walnut, MS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Walnut'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: Walnut vs its climate twin
Top match: Thompson's Station, TN
| Month | Walnut | Thompson's Station | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 48.8°F | 29.1°F | 4.92 in | 47.6°F | 28.5°F | 4.62 in |
| February | 53.5°F | 31.8°F | 5.34 in | 51.4°F | 31.5°F | 5.23 in |
| March | 62.2°F | 39.4°F | 5.61 in | 60.7°F | 39.3°F | 4.96 in |
| April | 72.0°F | 47.0°F | 5.61 in | 71.1°F | 47.3°F | 5.29 in |
| May | 79.7°F | 56.9°F | 5.46 in | 79.3°F | 57.1°F | 5.12 in |
| June | 86.5°F | 65.2°F | 4.61 in | 87.1°F | 65.6°F | 4.61 in |
| July | 89.6°F | 68.9°F | 4.80 in | 89.4°F | 69.4°F | 4.62 in |
| August | 89.5°F | 67.3°F | 3.01 in | 89.2°F | 68.6°F | 3.61 in |
| September | 83.5°F | 60.4°F | 3.46 in | 84.1°F | 61.5°F | 4.12 in |
| October | 72.7°F | 47.6°F | 3.97 in | 72.8°F | 48.9°F | 3.77 in |
| November | 61.0°F | 37.5°F | 4.40 in | 60.7°F | 38.1°F | 4.19 in |
| December | 51.9°F | 32.2°F | 6.44 in | 50.6°F | 32.0°F | 5.82 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 →