Climate twins of Lobelville, TN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lobelville'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: Lobelville vs its climate twin
Top match: Pikeville, TN
| Month | Lobelville | Pikeville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 48.9°F | 26.4°F | 4.42 in | 49.4°F | 30.1°F | 4.80 in |
| February | 54.1°F | 29.4°F | 5.87 in | 54.1°F | 32.8°F | 5.11 in |
| March | 63.1°F | 35.2°F | 5.12 in | 62.6°F | 39.0°F | 5.33 in |
| April | 72.6°F | 43.6°F | 5.54 in | 72.2°F | 46.5°F | 5.30 in |
| May | 79.4°F | 53.5°F | 5.53 in | 79.1°F | 55.0°F | 4.78 in |
| June | 85.6°F | 62.4°F | 4.23 in | 85.4°F | 63.0°F | 4.92 in |
| July | 89.2°F | 66.6°F | 5.19 in | 88.2°F | 67.0°F | 5.17 in |
| August | 88.8°F | 64.7°F | 3.64 in | 87.8°F | 65.6°F | 3.75 in |
| September | 83.3°F | 57.0°F | 4.19 in | 82.7°F | 59.4°F | 3.80 in |
| October | 73.5°F | 44.5°F | 4.57 in | 72.8°F | 47.5°F | 3.51 in |
| November | 61.5°F | 34.3°F | 3.69 in | 60.8°F | 37.5°F | 4.39 in |
| December | 52.6°F | 30.2°F | 5.30 in | 51.7°F | 32.8°F | 5.35 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 →