Climate twins of Elkton, KY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Elkton'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: Elkton vs its climate twin
Top match: Trimble, TN
| Month | Elkton | Trimble | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.7°F | 24.4°F | 3.74 in | 44.5°F | 26.9°F | 3.97 in |
| February | 48.3°F | 28.9°F | 4.07 in | 49.2°F | 29.6°F | 4.64 in |
| March | 57.7°F | 36.9°F | 4.53 in | 58.6°F | 37.4°F | 5.23 in |
| April | 69.5°F | 46.7°F | 4.95 in | 69.3°F | 46.5°F | 5.22 in |
| May | 77.3°F | 56.2°F | 5.49 in | 78.1°F | 57.3°F | 5.56 in |
| June | 84.9°F | 64.3°F | 4.60 in | 85.9°F | 65.7°F | 4.41 in |
| July | 88.1°F | 68.6°F | 4.64 in | 88.4°F | 68.6°F | 4.05 in |
| August | 87.7°F | 66.6°F | 3.67 in | 88.0°F | 65.8°F | 3.34 in |
| September | 82.0°F | 59.5°F | 3.72 in | 82.5°F | 58.1°F | 3.81 in |
| October | 70.7°F | 47.0°F | 4.04 in | 71.8°F | 46.0°F | 3.96 in |
| November | 57.3°F | 35.5°F | 3.84 in | 58.5°F | 36.3°F | 4.43 in |
| December | 47.4°F | 28.7°F | 4.85 in | 48.0°F | 30.0°F | 5.17 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 →