Climate twins of Rutledge, TN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Rutledge'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: Rutledge vs its climate twin
Top match: Emerson, GA
| Month | Rutledge | Emerson | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 45.9°F | 29.0°F | 4.40 in | 50.9°F | 29.0°F | 4.92 in |
| February | 50.4°F | 32.4°F | 4.47 in | 55.3°F | 31.6°F | 4.43 in |
| March | 59.1°F | 39.7°F | 4.43 in | 63.4°F | 38.6°F | 4.97 in |
| April | 68.9°F | 48.0°F | 4.49 in | 72.2°F | 46.4°F | 4.53 in |
| May | 76.3°F | 56.4°F | 3.58 in | 78.8°F | 56.0°F | 3.90 in |
| June | 82.6°F | 64.4°F | 4.28 in | 84.9°F | 63.9°F | 4.01 in |
| July | 85.5°F | 67.6°F | 4.98 in | 88.0°F | 67.3°F | 4.90 in |
| August | 85.1°F | 66.8°F | 2.97 in | 87.4°F | 67.0°F | 4.13 in |
| September | 80.0°F | 60.8°F | 3.12 in | 82.2°F | 61.0°F | 3.94 in |
| October | 69.6°F | 49.5°F | 2.70 in | 72.6°F | 49.1°F | 3.42 in |
| November | 57.9°F | 38.9°F | 3.57 in | 61.6°F | 37.9°F | 3.94 in |
| December | 48.8°F | 32.6°F | 4.40 in | 53.6°F | 32.4°F | 4.69 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 →