Climate twins of Smithville, TN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Smithville'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: Smithville vs its climate twin
Top match: Plainview, TN
| Month | Smithville | Plainview | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 47.2°F | 25.5°F | 4.92 in | 44.4°F | 25.2°F | 5.11 in |
| February | 51.8°F | 27.9°F | 5.07 in | 49.8°F | 27.8°F | 5.35 in |
| March | 60.3°F | 34.5°F | 5.73 in | 59.6°F | 33.3°F | 5.48 in |
| April | 70.2°F | 42.3°F | 4.99 in | 70.1°F | 41.1°F | 5.75 in |
| May | 77.9°F | 52.5°F | 4.87 in | 77.0°F | 50.9°F | 4.31 in |
| June | 84.8°F | 61.3°F | 5.14 in | 82.7°F | 59.4°F | 4.87 in |
| July | 87.7°F | 65.5°F | 5.18 in | 85.1°F | 63.4°F | 5.38 in |
| August | 87.2°F | 63.6°F | 3.92 in | 84.5°F | 62.5°F | 4.27 in |
| September | 81.8°F | 56.3°F | 4.03 in | 79.8°F | 56.3°F | 4.06 in |
| October | 71.8°F | 43.3°F | 3.28 in | 69.5°F | 43.8°F | 3.37 in |
| November | 60.0°F | 33.3°F | 4.15 in | 57.4°F | 33.8°F | 4.03 in |
| December | 50.9°F | 28.4°F | 5.69 in | 47.5°F | 28.7°F | 5.69 in |
Cities that consider Smithville their climate twin
These US cities have Smithville in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Smithville would feel familiar.
- Plainview, TN (ranks Smithville #2)
- Maynardville, TN (ranks Smithville #2)
- Bryson City, NC (ranks Smithville #3)
- Tazewell, TN (ranks Smithville #1)
- New Tazewell, TN (ranks Smithville #1)
- Cumberland Gap, TN (ranks Smithville #1)
- Harrogate, TN (ranks Smithville #1)
- Townsend, TN (ranks Smithville #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 →