Climate twins of Paducah, KY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Paducah'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: Paducah vs its climate twin
Top match: Marengo, IN
| Month | Paducah | Marengo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 43.0°F | 25.1°F | 3.72 in | 42.7°F | 23.8°F | 3.77 in |
| February | 47.6°F | 27.9°F | 3.79 in | 48.0°F | 26.0°F | 3.64 in |
| March | 57.6°F | 36.2°F | 4.63 in | 57.9°F | 34.5°F | 4.82 in |
| April | 69.0°F | 46.2°F | 5.10 in | 69.2°F | 43.9°F | 5.25 in |
| May | 77.4°F | 56.0°F | 4.83 in | 77.3°F | 53.8°F | 4.99 in |
| June | 85.4°F | 64.5°F | 4.67 in | 86.0°F | 61.6°F | 5.41 in |
| July | 88.6°F | 68.2°F | 3.85 in | 87.9°F | 65.6°F | 3.81 in |
| August | 88.0°F | 66.4°F | 2.93 in | 88.1°F | 64.1°F | 2.93 in |
| September | 82.0°F | 58.6°F | 3.49 in | 82.4°F | 56.1°F | 3.70 in |
| October | 70.9°F | 46.8°F | 4.08 in | 70.7°F | 43.6°F | 4.01 in |
| November | 57.2°F | 36.0°F | 3.97 in | 58.2°F | 35.4°F | 4.34 in |
| December | 46.7°F | 29.0°F | 4.05 in | 46.8°F | 27.9°F | 4.31 in |
Cities that consider Paducah their climate twin
These US cities have Paducah in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Paducah would feel familiar.
- English, IN (ranks Paducah #1)
- Marengo, IN (ranks Paducah #1)
- Cloverport, KY (ranks Paducah #1)
- Charlestown, IN (ranks Paducah #1)
- New Albany, IN (ranks Paducah #1)
- Sellersburg, IN (ranks Paducah #1)
- Jeffersonville, IN (ranks Paducah #1)
- Clarksville, IN (ranks Paducah #1)
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 →