Climate twins of Smithfield, KY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Smithfield'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: Smithfield vs its climate twin
Top match: Spurgeon, IN
| Month | Smithfield | Spurgeon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 40.6°F | 23.1°F | 3.65 in | 39.3°F | 23.6°F | 3.57 in |
| February | 45.2°F | 26.5°F | 3.65 in | 43.8°F | 26.5°F | 3.36 in |
| March | 55.7°F | 33.0°F | 4.80 in | 54.2°F | 35.1°F | 4.84 in |
| April | 67.9°F | 43.5°F | 5.15 in | 66.2°F | 45.5°F | 5.45 in |
| May | 77.1°F | 53.6°F | 5.90 in | 74.3°F | 55.7°F | 5.93 in |
| June | 84.9°F | 62.2°F | 5.06 in | 82.7°F | 63.7°F | 4.63 in |
| July | 87.5°F | 65.4°F | 4.73 in | 85.2°F | 67.1°F | 4.69 in |
| August | 86.5°F | 63.7°F | 3.96 in | 84.8°F | 64.9°F | 4.14 in |
| September | 80.5°F | 56.2°F | 3.64 in | 79.0°F | 57.7°F | 3.46 in |
| October | 68.1°F | 44.5°F | 3.99 in | 67.7°F | 46.5°F | 3.60 in |
| November | 54.3°F | 34.1°F | 3.81 in | 54.3°F | 36.5°F | 4.30 in |
| December | 43.9°F | 27.0°F | 4.53 in | 44.5°F | 27.7°F | 4.37 in |
Cities that consider Smithfield their climate twin
These US cities have Smithfield in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Smithfield would feel familiar.
- Lynnville, IN (ranks Smithfield #1)
- Somerville, IN (ranks Smithfield #1)
- Spurgeon, IN (ranks Smithfield #1)
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 →