Climate twins of Bardstown, KY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Bardstown'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: Bardstown vs its climate twin
Top match: Golconda, IL
| Month | Bardstown | Golconda | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 43.3°F | 26.1°F | 3.71 in | 43.3°F | 25.5°F | 3.84 in |
| February | 48.1°F | 29.1°F | 3.86 in | 48.7°F | 29.0°F | 3.64 in |
| March | 57.4°F | 36.5°F | 4.92 in | 58.6°F | 36.9°F | 4.66 in |
| April | 68.7°F | 46.0°F | 4.71 in | 69.7°F | 46.2°F | 4.96 in |
| May | 76.5°F | 55.4°F | 5.46 in | 77.2°F | 55.6°F | 5.19 in |
| June | 83.6°F | 62.9°F | 4.94 in | 85.2°F | 62.9°F | 4.08 in |
| July | 86.6°F | 66.3°F | 4.54 in | 88.3°F | 66.5°F | 4.39 in |
| August | 86.2°F | 64.5°F | 3.65 in | 87.4°F | 64.8°F | 3.65 in |
| September | 80.7°F | 58.0°F | 3.90 in | 82.0°F | 57.5°F | 3.79 in |
| October | 69.5°F | 47.1°F | 3.71 in | 71.2°F | 46.3°F | 3.84 in |
| November | 56.6°F | 37.2°F | 3.70 in | 57.0°F | 37.2°F | 4.30 in |
| December | 46.5°F | 30.1°F | 4.51 in | 46.3°F | 29.2°F | 4.16 in |
Cities that consider Bardstown their climate twin
These US cities have Bardstown in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Bardstown would feel familiar.
- Slayden, TN (ranks Bardstown #3)
- Harlan, KY (ranks Bardstown #3)
- Loyall, KY (ranks Bardstown #2)
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 →