Climate twins of South Pittsburg, TN

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches South Pittsburg'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: South Pittsburg vs its climate twin

Top match: Winona, MS

Month South Pittsburg Winona
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 48.4°F 29.1°F 5.64 in 52.6°F 29.2°F 5.38 in
February 53.0°F 32.2°F 5.66 in 57.1°F 31.8°F 5.45 in
March 62.1°F 38.7°F 5.72 in 65.3°F 38.6°F 5.64 in
April 71.3°F 46.0°F 5.74 in 72.7°F 46.0°F 6.12 in
May 78.2°F 55.7°F 4.16 in 79.9°F 55.6°F 4.98 in
June 84.8°F 63.6°F 4.75 in 86.7°F 63.9°F 4.49 in
July 87.7°F 67.5°F 5.42 in 89.3°F 67.2°F 5.33 in
August 87.2°F 66.4°F 4.01 in 89.6°F 66.0°F 4.07 in
September 82.1°F 60.3°F 4.43 in 85.3°F 59.5°F 3.95 in
October 71.6°F 47.8°F 3.63 in 75.2°F 47.2°F 3.74 in
November 60.2°F 37.7°F 4.90 in 63.7°F 36.5°F 4.16 in
December 51.3°F 31.7°F 6.18 in 55.3°F 31.8°F 5.72 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 →