Climate twins of Waveland, MS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Waveland'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: Waveland vs its climate twin
Top match: Pollard, AL
| Month | Waveland | Pollard | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 59.4°F | 41.6°F | 5.83 in | 62.7°F | 39.0°F | 6.05 in |
| February | 63.1°F | 44.4°F | 4.67 in | 66.4°F | 41.7°F | 5.13 in |
| March | 68.6°F | 51.1°F | 5.31 in | 73.8°F | 47.1°F | 5.09 in |
| April | 74.8°F | 57.6°F | 5.57 in | 79.5°F | 53.0°F | 5.45 in |
| May | 81.7°F | 66.1°F | 5.75 in | 86.2°F | 62.2°F | 4.82 in |
| June | 86.8°F | 72.3°F | 6.45 in | 91.0°F | 69.6°F | 6.20 in |
| July | 88.5°F | 74.3°F | 7.72 in | 92.4°F | 72.4°F | 6.61 in |
| August | 89.0°F | 74.0°F | 5.90 in | 92.1°F | 72.1°F | 6.60 in |
| September | 85.7°F | 70.0°F | 5.72 in | 88.9°F | 66.9°F | 5.47 in |
| October | 78.0°F | 59.4°F | 3.53 in | 80.8°F | 55.4°F | 3.92 in |
| November | 68.2°F | 48.8°F | 4.14 in | 71.2°F | 44.3°F | 4.20 in |
| December | 61.3°F | 43.2°F | 4.40 in | 64.4°F | 40.9°F | 5.75 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 →