Climate twins of Bristol, TN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Bristol'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: Bristol vs its climate twin
Top match: Shinnston, WV
| Month | Bristol | Shinnston | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 46.5°F | 26.3°F | 3.65 in | 42.6°F | 24.6°F | 3.30 in |
| February | 50.9°F | 29.2°F | 3.81 in | 45.6°F | 26.6°F | 3.14 in |
| March | 59.4°F | 35.4°F | 3.96 in | 54.7°F | 33.4°F | 3.62 in |
| April | 69.4°F | 43.3°F | 3.79 in | 67.6°F | 43.1°F | 3.89 in |
| May | 77.1°F | 52.3°F | 3.82 in | 75.7°F | 52.0°F | 4.25 in |
| June | 83.8°F | 60.7°F | 3.92 in | 82.5°F | 60.2°F | 4.54 in |
| July | 86.4°F | 64.7°F | 5.00 in | 85.5°F | 64.2°F | 5.40 in |
| August | 85.8°F | 63.2°F | 3.76 in | 84.6°F | 62.7°F | 3.62 in |
| September | 80.7°F | 56.4°F | 2.84 in | 78.9°F | 55.4°F | 3.51 in |
| October | 70.2°F | 44.3°F | 2.52 in | 67.6°F | 44.1°F | 3.02 in |
| November | 58.7°F | 34.2°F | 3.14 in | 56.0°F | 35.5°F | 3.17 in |
| December | 49.5°F | 29.2°F | 3.76 in | 46.6°F | 29.0°F | 3.38 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 →