Climate twins of Gatlinburg, TN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Gatlinburg'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: Gatlinburg vs its climate twin
Top match: Stanton, KY
| Month | Gatlinburg | Stanton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 46.6°F | 26.6°F | 4.75 in | 42.4°F | 23.4°F | 3.59 in |
| February | 50.8°F | 28.9°F | 4.27 in | 46.7°F | 26.0°F | 3.74 in |
| March | 59.2°F | 34.6°F | 5.58 in | 55.7°F | 33.1°F | 5.02 in |
| April | 68.8°F | 42.0°F | 4.93 in | 67.2°F | 41.8°F | 4.63 in |
| May | 74.8°F | 50.9°F | 5.50 in | 74.6°F | 52.1°F | 5.76 in |
| June | 80.2°F | 58.7°F | 5.99 in | 81.8°F | 60.5°F | 5.08 in |
| July | 82.9°F | 62.7°F | 6.31 in | 84.4°F | 64.4°F | 5.78 in |
| August | 81.9°F | 61.6°F | 4.40 in | 83.2°F | 62.5°F | 4.15 in |
| September | 77.5°F | 56.1°F | 4.34 in | 79.1°F | 56.0°F | 4.17 in |
| October | 68.5°F | 44.2°F | 3.19 in | 68.5°F | 43.0°F | 3.64 in |
| November | 58.1°F | 33.7°F | 4.02 in | 56.8°F | 33.5°F | 3.43 in |
| December | 49.5°F | 29.4°F | 4.92 in | 46.1°F | 28.1°F | 4.23 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 →