Climate twins of Hickory Valley, TN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hickory Valley'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: Hickory Valley vs its climate twin
Top match: Rockport, AR
| Month | Hickory Valley | Rockport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 50.0°F | 30.6°F | 4.63 in | 51.8°F | 29.4°F | 4.24 in |
| February | 54.5°F | 33.8°F | 4.98 in | 56.1°F | 32.2°F | 4.59 in |
| March | 63.2°F | 40.8°F | 5.74 in | 65.0°F | 40.0°F | 5.55 in |
| April | 72.7°F | 49.1°F | 5.65 in | 73.7°F | 48.1°F | 6.05 in |
| May | 80.6°F | 58.6°F | 5.69 in | 80.6°F | 58.6°F | 5.53 in |
| June | 88.0°F | 66.4°F | 4.87 in | 88.1°F | 66.5°F | 4.64 in |
| July | 91.1°F | 70.0°F | 4.92 in | 91.9°F | 70.0°F | 4.21 in |
| August | 90.9°F | 68.1°F | 3.36 in | 91.6°F | 68.4°F | 3.68 in |
| September | 85.6°F | 61.3°F | 4.06 in | 85.7°F | 62.1°F | 3.95 in |
| October | 75.0°F | 49.6°F | 4.14 in | 74.8°F | 50.2°F | 4.63 in |
| November | 62.6°F | 39.6°F | 4.23 in | 62.1°F | 39.0°F | 5.04 in |
| December | 53.1°F | 33.5°F | 5.52 in | 53.7°F | 32.1°F | 5.37 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 →