Climate twins of Yazoo City, MS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Yazoo City'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: Yazoo City vs its climate twin
Top match: Minden, LA
| Month | Yazoo City | Minden | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 58.4°F | 38.6°F | 5.69 in | 57.9°F | 34.2°F | 5.27 in |
| February | 62.6°F | 41.4°F | 5.57 in | 61.9°F | 37.2°F | 5.01 in |
| March | 70.8°F | 48.0°F | 5.94 in | 69.9°F | 44.3°F | 5.66 in |
| April | 78.9°F | 56.1°F | 6.58 in | 77.4°F | 51.5°F | 6.45 in |
| May | 86.0°F | 65.1°F | 5.74 in | 84.3°F | 61.7°F | 4.89 in |
| June | 92.1°F | 72.1°F | 4.37 in | 90.9°F | 69.7°F | 4.93 in |
| July | 94.3°F | 75.1°F | 4.02 in | 94.2°F | 72.9°F | 3.68 in |
| August | 94.9°F | 74.4°F | 4.51 in | 94.7°F | 71.9°F | 3.24 in |
| September | 90.5°F | 68.2°F | 3.31 in | 89.3°F | 65.4°F | 3.69 in |
| October | 80.5°F | 57.0°F | 4.27 in | 79.2°F | 52.9°F | 4.68 in |
| November | 68.8°F | 46.1°F | 4.57 in | 68.1°F | 42.7°F | 4.36 in |
| December | 60.7°F | 41.2°F | 5.81 in | 59.8°F | 36.3°F | 5.73 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 →