Climate twins of Zinc, AR
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Zinc'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: Zinc vs its climate twin
Top match: Piedmont, MO
| Month | Zinc | Piedmont | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 44.5°F | 22.9°F | 2.89 in | 43.3°F | 23.0°F | 3.40 in |
| February | 49.1°F | 25.9°F | 2.75 in | 48.4°F | 27.0°F | 3.24 in |
| March | 58.3°F | 34.2°F | 4.66 in | 58.3°F | 34.8°F | 4.69 in |
| April | 67.6°F | 43.3°F | 5.18 in | 69.2°F | 44.3°F | 5.30 in |
| May | 74.9°F | 53.6°F | 5.11 in | 77.1°F | 54.4°F | 5.05 in |
| June | 83.4°F | 62.8°F | 3.85 in | 85.3°F | 63.3°F | 3.91 in |
| July | 87.8°F | 66.9°F | 4.19 in | 89.4°F | 67.7°F | 4.64 in |
| August | 87.4°F | 65.0°F | 3.23 in | 88.0°F | 65.6°F | 3.25 in |
| September | 80.5°F | 56.9°F | 4.09 in | 80.3°F | 57.1°F | 3.84 in |
| October | 69.7°F | 45.0°F | 3.97 in | 70.1°F | 44.8°F | 3.44 in |
| November | 57.5°F | 34.7°F | 4.26 in | 57.1°F | 34.8°F | 4.61 in |
| December | 47.2°F | 26.4°F | 3.24 in | 45.9°F | 27.2°F | 3.36 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 →