Climate twins of Moscow, TN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Moscow'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: Moscow vs its climate twin
Top match: Smiths Grove, KY
| Month | Moscow | Smiths Grove | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 50.7°F | 29.9°F | 4.03 in | 47.9°F | 29.3°F | 3.73 in |
| February | 54.8°F | 32.6°F | 4.44 in | 53.2°F | 32.2°F | 4.47 in |
| March | 64.2°F | 40.3°F | 5.51 in | 62.3°F | 39.5°F | 5.01 in |
| April | 72.8°F | 50.0°F | 4.99 in | 73.4°F | 48.0°F | 4.92 in |
| May | 79.9°F | 59.9°F | 5.61 in | 81.2°F | 56.8°F | 5.16 in |
| June | 86.9°F | 67.0°F | 4.30 in | 88.0°F | 64.4°F | 4.84 in |
| July | 90.4°F | 70.8°F | 4.11 in | 91.0°F | 68.3°F | 4.93 in |
| August | 89.6°F | 70.2°F | 4.59 in | 90.2°F | 66.7°F | 3.82 in |
| September | 84.5°F | 61.8°F | 3.80 in | 85.0°F | 60.0°F | 3.95 in |
| October | 74.6°F | 48.9°F | 4.35 in | 74.0°F | 49.1°F | 3.79 in |
| November | 63.9°F | 38.9°F | 3.89 in | 61.2°F | 39.7°F | 4.09 in |
| December | 53.3°F | 32.7°F | 5.25 in | 51.0°F | 33.0°F | 4.78 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 →