Climate twins of Gruetli-Laager, TN

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

Top match: Bryson City, NC

Month Gruetli-Laager Bryson City
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 45.3°F 25.6°F 5.76 in 47.7°F 26.0°F 5.26 in
February 48.7°F 28.1°F 5.54 in 51.8°F 28.5°F 5.31 in
March 57.4°F 34.5°F 6.13 in 59.9°F 34.1°F 5.44 in
April 66.4°F 42.4°F 6.15 in 68.8°F 42.0°F 4.96 in
May 73.5°F 51.7°F 5.08 in 75.0°F 51.0°F 5.20 in
June 80.0°F 59.7°F 5.26 in 80.3°F 59.5°F 5.06 in
July 83.2°F 63.2°F 6.09 in 83.6°F 63.0°F 5.06 in
August 82.8°F 61.6°F 4.27 in 83.0°F 62.2°F 4.38 in
September 78.1°F 55.1°F 4.24 in 78.2°F 56.4°F 4.08 in
October 68.3°F 43.3°F 3.45 in 69.7°F 44.1°F 3.21 in
November 57.4°F 34.2°F 4.83 in 59.9°F 34.3°F 4.50 in
December 48.1°F 28.7°F 6.38 in 50.4°F 29.3°F 6.14 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 →