Climate twins of Elkton, TN
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: Opelika, AL
| Month | Elkton | Opelika | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 51.9°F | 29.9°F | 4.77 in | 55.6°F | 33.0°F | 5.05 in |
| February | 57.4°F | 32.7°F | 5.39 in | 59.5°F | 36.1°F | 5.33 in |
| March | 66.1°F | 40.0°F | 5.44 in | 67.0°F | 42.1°F | 5.50 in |
| April | 75.0°F | 48.3°F | 5.10 in | 74.1°F | 48.5°F | 4.79 in |
| May | 81.5°F | 58.4°F | 3.82 in | 81.1°F | 57.7°F | 4.01 in |
| June | 87.7°F | 66.7°F | 4.90 in | 86.8°F | 65.4°F | 4.50 in |
| July | 90.8°F | 70.1°F | 4.92 in | 89.5°F | 69.1°F | 4.77 in |
| August | 90.5°F | 68.0°F | 3.57 in | 88.5°F | 68.6°F | 4.36 in |
| September | 85.3°F | 61.7°F | 3.54 in | 84.2°F | 62.9°F | 3.34 in |
| October | 76.3°F | 49.4°F | 3.22 in | 75.1°F | 50.6°F | 3.61 in |
| November | 64.8°F | 38.7°F | 4.01 in | 65.8°F | 40.2°F | 4.27 in |
| December | 55.1°F | 32.7°F | 7.00 in | 57.8°F | 35.4°F | 5.67 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 →