Climate twins of Cumberland City, TN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cumberland City'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: Cumberland City vs its climate twin
Top match: Marked Tree, AR
| Month | Cumberland City | Marked Tree | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 46.6°F | 26.2°F | 4.00 in | 46.6°F | 28.2°F | 3.51 in |
| February | 51.2°F | 28.7°F | 4.64 in | 51.6°F | 32.3°F | 3.88 in |
| March | 60.8°F | 36.4°F | 6.00 in | 59.9°F | 39.9°F | 4.94 in |
| April | 70.9°F | 45.7°F | 5.95 in | 70.7°F | 48.9°F | 5.60 in |
| May | 78.3°F | 55.9°F | 5.17 in | 78.1°F | 58.9°F | 5.69 in |
| June | 85.6°F | 63.9°F | 4.00 in | 85.8°F | 66.7°F | 3.58 in |
| July | 88.9°F | 67.9°F | 4.04 in | 88.3°F | 70.6°F | 3.89 in |
| August | 88.8°F | 66.5°F | 3.58 in | 88.0°F | 69.4°F | 3.35 in |
| September | 82.5°F | 59.5°F | 3.02 in | 82.8°F | 62.0°F | 3.23 in |
| October | 72.1°F | 48.3°F | 4.73 in | 72.4°F | 50.1°F | 4.23 in |
| November | 59.3°F | 37.6°F | 4.71 in | 59.8°F | 39.6°F | 4.40 in |
| December | 49.9°F | 29.8°F | 4.91 in | 48.9°F | 32.1°F | 4.87 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 →