Climate twins of Winona, MS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Winona'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: Winona vs its climate twin
Top match: Moulton, AL
| Month | Winona | Moulton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 52.6°F | 29.2°F | 5.38 in | 50.6°F | 30.0°F | 5.33 in |
| February | 57.1°F | 31.8°F | 5.45 in | 54.8°F | 32.9°F | 5.63 in |
| March | 65.3°F | 38.6°F | 5.64 in | 63.4°F | 40.3°F | 5.72 in |
| April | 72.7°F | 46.0°F | 6.12 in | 72.0°F | 48.6°F | 5.45 in |
| May | 79.9°F | 55.6°F | 4.98 in | 79.1°F | 57.4°F | 5.18 in |
| June | 86.7°F | 63.9°F | 4.49 in | 85.8°F | 64.9°F | 4.57 in |
| July | 89.3°F | 67.2°F | 5.33 in | 88.4°F | 68.4°F | 5.06 in |
| August | 89.6°F | 66.0°F | 4.07 in | 88.4°F | 67.2°F | 4.25 in |
| September | 85.3°F | 59.5°F | 3.95 in | 83.6°F | 60.7°F | 4.05 in |
| October | 75.2°F | 47.2°F | 3.74 in | 73.5°F | 48.5°F | 4.21 in |
| November | 63.7°F | 36.5°F | 4.16 in | 61.9°F | 38.3°F | 4.37 in |
| December | 55.3°F | 31.8°F | 5.72 in | 53.2°F | 32.6°F | 6.39 in |
Cities that consider Winona their climate twin
These US cities have Winona in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Winona would feel familiar.
- Moulton, AL (ranks Winona #2)
- Double Springs, AL (ranks Winona #1)
- Arley, AL (ranks Winona #1)
- Addison, AL (ranks Winona #1)
- Holly Pond, AL (ranks Winona #1)
- Berlin, AL (ranks Winona #1)
- Muscle Shoals, AL (ranks Winona #1)
- Sheffield, AL (ranks Winona #1)
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 →