Climate twins of Rutherford, TN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Rutherford'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: Rutherford vs its climate twin
Top match: Franklin, TN
| Month | Rutherford | Franklin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 45.9°F | 26.5°F | 4.18 in | 49.1°F | 28.6°F | 4.25 in |
| February | 50.8°F | 30.3°F | 4.74 in | 53.4°F | 31.1°F | 4.76 in |
| March | 59.5°F | 37.8°F | 5.32 in | 62.2°F | 37.8°F | 5.16 in |
| April | 70.2°F | 47.3°F | 5.29 in | 71.9°F | 46.2°F | 5.16 in |
| May | 78.8°F | 57.8°F | 5.66 in | 79.5°F | 55.4°F | 5.39 in |
| June | 86.5°F | 66.2°F | 4.30 in | 87.3°F | 64.3°F | 4.39 in |
| July | 89.8°F | 69.7°F | 4.24 in | 90.8°F | 68.5°F | 4.57 in |
| August | 89.5°F | 67.4°F | 3.45 in | 90.2°F | 66.9°F | 3.61 in |
| September | 83.4°F | 59.6°F | 3.77 in | 84.8°F | 59.8°F | 4.00 in |
| October | 72.4°F | 47.1°F | 3.98 in | 73.8°F | 47.2°F | 3.47 in |
| November | 59.6°F | 37.4°F | 4.48 in | 61.6°F | 37.1°F | 3.83 in |
| December | 49.3°F | 30.2°F | 5.31 in | 52.5°F | 31.8°F | 5.20 in |
Cities that consider Rutherford their climate twin
These US cities have Rutherford in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Rutherford would feel familiar.
- Franklin, TN (ranks Rutherford #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 →