Climate twins of Cumberland, KY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cumberland'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 vs its climate twin
Top match: Lebanon, KY
| Month | Cumberland | Lebanon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 45.3°F | 25.7°F | 3.74 in | 43.7°F | 24.1°F | 4.09 in |
| February | 49.4°F | 28.8°F | 3.88 in | 48.5°F | 25.6°F | 4.25 in |
| March | 58.7°F | 33.4°F | 4.80 in | 57.8°F | 31.9°F | 4.86 in |
| April | 69.7°F | 41.6°F | 4.51 in | 68.8°F | 41.0°F | 4.85 in |
| May | 76.6°F | 51.9°F | 4.82 in | 77.1°F | 52.1°F | 5.02 in |
| June | 82.6°F | 60.0°F | 4.44 in | 84.7°F | 60.2°F | 4.99 in |
| July | 85.6°F | 64.1°F | 5.71 in | 87.8°F | 64.7°F | 5.31 in |
| August | 84.6°F | 64.2°F | 4.16 in | 87.2°F | 62.3°F | 3.85 in |
| September | 78.6°F | 57.4°F | 3.26 in | 81.9°F | 55.0°F | 4.22 in |
| October | 69.7°F | 45.8°F | 2.87 in | 71.0°F | 42.7°F | 2.96 in |
| November | 58.8°F | 33.6°F | 3.22 in | 58.2°F | 32.9°F | 3.27 in |
| December | 49.0°F | 29.4°F | 4.46 in | 47.9°F | 27.8°F | 4.73 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 →