Climate twins of Cynthiana, KY

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cynthiana'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: Cynthiana vs its climate twin

Top match: Hamlin, WV

Month Cynthiana Hamlin
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 41.2°F 22.7°F 3.38 in 44.5°F 23.0°F 3.30 in
February 45.9°F 24.9°F 3.47 in 49.0°F 25.0°F 3.37 in
March 55.3°F 32.2°F 4.53 in 58.2°F 31.3°F 4.43 in
April 67.2°F 41.4°F 4.61 in 70.5°F 39.9°F 3.74 in
May 75.8°F 52.3°F 4.98 in 78.5°F 50.8°F 5.00 in
June 83.5°F 60.6°F 4.54 in 85.1°F 59.5°F 4.65 in
July 86.7°F 65.2°F 4.83 in 88.3°F 63.9°F 5.48 in
August 86.2°F 63.0°F 3.06 in 87.7°F 62.9°F 3.53 in
September 80.4°F 55.3°F 3.53 in 82.4°F 55.6°F 3.64 in
October 69.1°F 43.3°F 3.45 in 71.5°F 42.2°F 3.48 in
November 55.8°F 32.9°F 3.22 in 59.1°F 32.0°F 3.16 in
December 45.7°F 27.4°F 4.13 in 48.3°F 27.2°F 3.80 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 →