Climate twins of Barlow, KY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Barlow'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: Barlow vs its climate twin
Top match: Moorefield, AR
| Month | Barlow | Moorefield | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 43.4°F | 26.0°F | 3.80 in | 47.9°F | 28.2°F | 3.56 in |
| February | 48.2°F | 29.5°F | 3.88 in | 52.0°F | 30.7°F | 3.73 in |
| March | 58.6°F | 37.6°F | 4.85 in | 60.8°F | 38.1°F | 4.74 in |
| April | 69.9°F | 47.5°F | 5.38 in | 71.0°F | 47.7°F | 5.58 in |
| May | 78.3°F | 57.7°F | 5.08 in | 78.8°F | 57.6°F | 4.97 in |
| June | 85.9°F | 66.1°F | 4.37 in | 87.2°F | 65.7°F | 3.73 in |
| July | 88.7°F | 69.6°F | 4.10 in | 90.7°F | 69.6°F | 4.09 in |
| August | 87.8°F | 67.5°F | 3.18 in | 90.3°F | 67.7°F | 3.48 in |
| September | 81.7°F | 59.6°F | 3.51 in | 83.7°F | 60.1°F | 3.60 in |
| October | 70.9°F | 47.7°F | 4.14 in | 72.8°F | 48.6°F | 3.73 in |
| November | 57.9°F | 37.4°F | 4.46 in | 60.3°F | 38.3°F | 4.87 in |
| December | 46.7°F | 30.1°F | 4.25 in | 50.6°F | 30.8°F | 4.76 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 →