Climate twins of Kingsport, TN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Kingsport'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: Kingsport vs its climate twin
Top match: Granite Quarry, NC
| Month | Kingsport | Granite Quarry | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 46.4°F | 27.3°F | 3.88 in | 50.2°F | 29.0°F | 3.46 in |
| February | 50.9°F | 29.6°F | 4.05 in | 54.2°F | 31.8°F | 2.97 in |
| March | 60.1°F | 36.2°F | 4.14 in | 62.0°F | 38.2°F | 4.09 in |
| April | 70.5°F | 44.7°F | 4.05 in | 71.6°F | 47.6°F | 3.69 in |
| May | 78.0°F | 54.0°F | 3.76 in | 78.3°F | 56.3°F | 3.43 in |
| June | 84.4°F | 62.1°F | 3.71 in | 85.2°F | 64.8°F | 4.28 in |
| July | 87.0°F | 66.0°F | 5.05 in | 88.2°F | 68.6°F | 4.59 in |
| August | 86.3°F | 64.6°F | 3.81 in | 86.4°F | 67.3°F | 3.74 in |
| September | 81.2°F | 58.3°F | 2.98 in | 80.5°F | 60.5°F | 3.83 in |
| October | 70.8°F | 46.1°F | 2.43 in | 71.6°F | 48.1°F | 2.97 in |
| November | 59.2°F | 35.5°F | 3.17 in | 60.8°F | 37.3°F | 3.13 in |
| December | 49.5°F | 30.3°F | 4.00 in | 52.9°F | 31.5°F | 3.50 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 →