Climate twins of Lenoir City, TN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lenoir City'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: Lenoir City vs its climate twin
Top match: Thompson's Station, TN
| Month | Lenoir City | Thompson's Station | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 48.6°F | 28.0°F | 4.99 in | 47.6°F | 28.5°F | 4.62 in |
| February | 53.1°F | 30.7°F | 5.22 in | 51.4°F | 31.5°F | 5.23 in |
| March | 62.0°F | 37.4°F | 5.09 in | 60.7°F | 39.3°F | 4.96 in |
| April | 71.4°F | 45.5°F | 5.16 in | 71.1°F | 47.3°F | 5.29 in |
| May | 79.0°F | 55.2°F | 4.29 in | 79.3°F | 57.1°F | 5.12 in |
| June | 85.9°F | 64.1°F | 4.24 in | 87.1°F | 65.6°F | 4.61 in |
| July | 89.0°F | 68.1°F | 5.12 in | 89.4°F | 69.4°F | 4.62 in |
| August | 88.4°F | 66.8°F | 3.82 in | 89.2°F | 68.6°F | 3.61 in |
| September | 83.5°F | 60.2°F | 4.25 in | 84.1°F | 61.5°F | 4.12 in |
| October | 72.9°F | 47.6°F | 3.02 in | 72.8°F | 48.9°F | 3.77 in |
| November | 61.2°F | 36.6°F | 4.14 in | 60.7°F | 38.1°F | 4.19 in |
| December | 52.0°F | 31.3°F | 5.86 in | 50.6°F | 32.0°F | 5.82 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 →