Climate twins of Hardinsburg, KY

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

Top match: Mount Vernon, KY

Month Hardinsburg Mount Vernon
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 42.1°F 23.9°F 3.73 in 42.3°F 24.5°F 4.22 in
February 45.7°F 26.4°F 4.03 in 46.6°F 27.3°F 4.02 in
March 56.2°F 34.9°F 4.75 in 55.6°F 34.6°F 4.86 in
April 68.4°F 44.3°F 5.14 in 67.0°F 43.8°F 4.79 in
May 74.3°F 55.0°F 5.88 in 74.5°F 53.7°F 4.86 in
June 81.3°F 62.9°F 4.97 in 81.5°F 62.0°F 4.79 in
July 84.4°F 67.0°F 4.56 in 84.4°F 66.0°F 4.59 in
August 84.6°F 65.0°F 3.36 in 84.2°F 63.9°F 3.65 in
September 78.5°F 57.6°F 3.68 in 79.3°F 56.6°F 3.54 in
October 67.4°F 45.8°F 3.95 in 68.5°F 44.8°F 3.59 in
November 55.9°F 34.6°F 3.91 in 56.1°F 35.0°F 3.50 in
December 45.3°F 28.5°F 4.82 in 46.3°F 29.0°F 4.94 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 →