Climate twins of Shelbyville, KY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Shelbyville'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: Shelbyville vs its climate twin
Top match: Flatwoods, KY
| Month | Shelbyville | Flatwoods | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 41.7°F | 20.3°F | 4.15 in | 39.8°F | 22.5°F | 3.51 in |
| February | 47.1°F | 21.3°F | 3.78 in | 44.4°F | 24.3°F | 3.69 in |
| March | 56.9°F | 28.7°F | 4.65 in | 53.9°F | 31.5°F | 4.36 in |
| April | 67.8°F | 37.5°F | 4.03 in | 66.6°F | 41.1°F | 3.85 in |
| May | 76.9°F | 49.3°F | 5.17 in | 74.7°F | 51.2°F | 4.85 in |
| June | 85.3°F | 58.2°F | 5.24 in | 82.5°F | 60.6°F | 4.46 in |
| July | 87.6°F | 62.3°F | 4.10 in | 85.4°F | 64.6°F | 4.58 in |
| August | 87.0°F | 58.4°F | 3.69 in | 84.3°F | 62.8°F | 3.91 in |
| September | 81.0°F | 50.3°F | 3.45 in | 78.2°F | 55.6°F | 3.32 in |
| October | 69.3°F | 40.4°F | 3.51 in | 66.6°F | 42.7°F | 2.97 in |
| November | 56.5°F | 29.6°F | 3.52 in | 54.0°F | 32.3°F | 2.98 in |
| December | 45.7°F | 24.1°F | 4.53 in | 43.9°F | 27.0°F | 4.20 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 →