Climate twins of Milan, TN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Milan'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: Milan vs its climate twin
Top match: Horse Cave, KY
| Month | Milan | Horse Cave | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 48.1°F | 27.7°F | 4.16 in | 47.2°F | 29.0°F | 4.14 in |
| February | 52.6°F | 31.1°F | 4.70 in | 52.4°F | 31.3°F | 4.40 in |
| March | 61.8°F | 38.7°F | 5.32 in | 61.6°F | 39.0°F | 5.15 in |
| April | 72.1°F | 47.4°F | 5.27 in | 72.8°F | 46.5°F | 5.27 in |
| May | 80.1°F | 57.8°F | 6.24 in | 80.7°F | 56.2°F | 5.77 in |
| June | 87.4°F | 66.0°F | 4.39 in | 87.3°F | 64.0°F | 4.88 in |
| July | 90.2°F | 69.6°F | 4.30 in | 90.3°F | 67.9°F | 4.97 in |
| August | 90.0°F | 66.9°F | 3.70 in | 89.9°F | 65.8°F | 3.44 in |
| September | 84.2°F | 59.3°F | 4.20 in | 83.8°F | 58.7°F | 3.79 in |
| October | 73.7°F | 47.2°F | 3.68 in | 73.5°F | 48.0°F | 3.74 in |
| November | 61.1°F | 37.0°F | 4.79 in | 60.4°F | 38.5°F | 3.92 in |
| December | 51.2°F | 30.9°F | 5.43 in | 50.5°F | 32.3°F | 5.41 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 →