Climate twins of Butler, KY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Butler'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: Butler vs its climate twin
Top match: Hinton, WV
| Month | Butler | Hinton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 40.8°F | 23.3°F | 2.97 in | 42.2°F | 24.8°F | 3.06 in |
| February | 45.5°F | 24.9°F | 3.31 in | 46.5°F | 27.4°F | 2.86 in |
| March | 54.7°F | 32.0°F | 4.31 in | 55.9°F | 33.1°F | 3.73 in |
| April | 66.3°F | 41.0°F | 4.06 in | 67.5°F | 42.0°F | 3.67 in |
| May | 75.2°F | 52.1°F | 4.62 in | 75.5°F | 51.4°F | 4.60 in |
| June | 83.0°F | 60.7°F | 4.02 in | 82.5°F | 60.4°F | 3.85 in |
| July | 86.5°F | 65.2°F | 4.06 in | 85.4°F | 64.3°F | 4.22 in |
| August | 85.9°F | 63.7°F | 3.15 in | 84.3°F | 63.7°F | 3.57 in |
| September | 80.8°F | 56.9°F | 2.79 in | 78.7°F | 57.4°F | 3.15 in |
| October | 69.1°F | 45.3°F | 2.74 in | 67.8°F | 44.8°F | 2.65 in |
| November | 56.0°F | 34.5°F | 2.84 in | 55.6°F | 34.5°F | 2.43 in |
| December | 45.4°F | 28.2°F | 3.29 in | 44.9°F | 28.5°F | 3.22 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 →