Climate twins of Paintsville, KY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Paintsville'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: Paintsville vs its climate twin
Top match: Shinnston, WV
| Month | Paintsville | Shinnston | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 44.1°F | 22.9°F | 3.35 in | 42.6°F | 24.6°F | 3.30 in |
| February | 48.7°F | 25.6°F | 3.21 in | 45.6°F | 26.6°F | 3.14 in |
| March | 58.1°F | 31.7°F | 4.41 in | 54.7°F | 33.4°F | 3.62 in |
| April | 69.6°F | 40.7°F | 3.82 in | 67.6°F | 43.1°F | 3.89 in |
| May | 76.2°F | 51.4°F | 4.43 in | 75.7°F | 52.0°F | 4.25 in |
| June | 83.4°F | 60.1°F | 4.79 in | 82.5°F | 60.2°F | 4.54 in |
| July | 86.2°F | 64.6°F | 5.18 in | 85.5°F | 64.2°F | 5.40 in |
| August | 85.7°F | 63.4°F | 3.63 in | 84.6°F | 62.7°F | 3.62 in |
| September | 79.8°F | 55.9°F | 3.35 in | 78.9°F | 55.4°F | 3.51 in |
| October | 69.8°F | 43.1°F | 3.19 in | 67.6°F | 44.1°F | 3.02 in |
| November | 58.4°F | 32.0°F | 3.00 in | 56.0°F | 35.5°F | 3.17 in |
| December | 48.0°F | 27.5°F | 3.83 in | 46.6°F | 29.0°F | 3.38 in |
Cities that consider Paintsville their climate twin
These US cities have Paintsville in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Paintsville would feel familiar.
- Bridgeport, WV (ranks Paintsville #1)
- Flemington, WV (ranks Paintsville #1)
- Shinnston, WV (ranks Paintsville #1)
- Hustonville, KY (ranks Paintsville #1)
- Perryville, KY (ranks Paintsville #1)
- Sand Fork, WV (ranks Paintsville #2)
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 →