Climate twins of Inez, KY

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

Top match: Shinnston, WV

Month Inez Shinnston
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 43.6°F 24.3°F 3.46 in 42.6°F 24.6°F 3.30 in
February 47.8°F 25.7°F 3.37 in 45.6°F 26.6°F 3.14 in
March 57.0°F 31.3°F 4.26 in 54.7°F 33.4°F 3.62 in
April 69.5°F 40.6°F 4.13 in 67.6°F 43.1°F 3.89 in
May 76.4°F 50.2°F 4.80 in 75.7°F 52.0°F 4.25 in
June 83.1°F 59.5°F 4.43 in 82.5°F 60.2°F 4.54 in
July 85.9°F 63.9°F 5.62 in 85.5°F 64.2°F 5.40 in
August 85.0°F 62.8°F 3.88 in 84.6°F 62.7°F 3.62 in
September 80.4°F 55.7°F 3.45 in 78.9°F 55.4°F 3.51 in
October 68.7°F 42.8°F 3.09 in 67.6°F 44.1°F 3.02 in
November 57.3°F 32.1°F 3.10 in 56.0°F 35.5°F 3.17 in
December 47.8°F 28.3°F 4.14 in 46.6°F 29.0°F 3.38 in

Cities that consider Inez their climate twin

These US cities have Inez in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Inez would feel familiar.

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 →