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 →