Climate twins of West Point, AL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches West Point'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: West Point vs its climate twin
Top match: Potts Camp, MS
| Month | West Point | Potts Camp | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 50.0°F | 28.9°F | 5.99 in | 50.7°F | 27.7°F | 5.07 in |
| February | 54.4°F | 32.0°F | 5.84 in | 54.2°F | 30.7°F | 5.51 in |
| March | 62.4°F | 38.3°F | 5.83 in | 63.6°F | 37.8°F | 5.73 in |
| April | 71.4°F | 45.7°F | 5.67 in | 72.7°F | 46.7°F | 5.61 in |
| May | 78.1°F | 55.0°F | 5.50 in | 80.0°F | 56.3°F | 5.30 in |
| June | 84.8°F | 63.2°F | 4.59 in | 87.2°F | 64.6°F | 4.99 in |
| July | 87.8°F | 66.7°F | 4.45 in | 89.7°F | 67.9°F | 4.56 in |
| August | 87.4°F | 65.8°F | 4.13 in | 90.0°F | 66.5°F | 3.93 in |
| September | 82.9°F | 59.3°F | 4.47 in | 84.8°F | 59.3°F | 3.99 in |
| October | 72.9°F | 47.4°F | 4.10 in | 74.6°F | 47.3°F | 3.65 in |
| November | 61.6°F | 37.7°F | 4.95 in | 62.4°F | 36.5°F | 4.07 in |
| December | 53.1°F | 32.0°F | 6.22 in | 53.1°F | 31.1°F | 6.21 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 →