Climate twins of Pittman Center, TN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Pittman Center'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: Pittman Center vs its climate twin
Top match: Thomas, WV
| Month | Pittman Center | Thomas | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 33.5°F | 17.5°F | 7.17 in | 31.9°F | 15.9°F | 6.20 in |
| February | 35.2°F | 19.5°F | 5.80 in | 34.9°F | 17.5°F | 5.28 in |
| March | 41.0°F | 24.1°F | 6.69 in | 42.9°F | 24.0°F | 5.90 in |
| April | 50.2°F | 31.7°F | 7.53 in | 55.8°F | 34.3°F | 5.31 in |
| May | 56.5°F | 40.1°F | 7.30 in | 64.4°F | 44.9°F | 5.70 in |
| June | 62.5°F | 47.1°F | 8.71 in | 71.5°F | 52.8°F | 6.21 in |
| July | 65.6°F | 50.3°F | 8.71 in | 75.3°F | 56.6°F | 6.27 in |
| August | 65.0°F | 49.3°F | 7.53 in | 73.6°F | 55.2°F | 4.49 in |
| September | 60.8°F | 44.3°F | 6.68 in | 68.1°F | 49.5°F | 4.07 in |
| October | 53.5°F | 35.8°F | 5.15 in | 57.3°F | 38.4°F | 4.09 in |
| November | 43.6°F | 26.8°F | 6.40 in | 45.7°F | 28.7°F | 4.12 in |
| December | 37.0°F | 21.4°F | 6.82 in | 36.4°F | 21.2°F | 5.52 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 →