Climate twins of Stanford, KY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Stanford'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: Stanford vs its climate twin
Top match: Hamlin, WV
| Month | Stanford | Hamlin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.7°F | 23.3°F | 3.68 in | 44.5°F | 23.0°F | 3.30 in |
| February | 47.1°F | 25.8°F | 3.69 in | 49.0°F | 25.0°F | 3.37 in |
| March | 56.3°F | 33.3°F | 4.61 in | 58.2°F | 31.3°F | 4.43 in |
| April | 67.5°F | 43.6°F | 4.21 in | 70.5°F | 39.9°F | 3.74 in |
| May | 75.4°F | 54.1°F | 4.42 in | 78.5°F | 50.8°F | 5.00 in |
| June | 83.4°F | 61.4°F | 4.66 in | 85.1°F | 59.5°F | 4.65 in |
| July | 86.5°F | 65.3°F | 5.00 in | 88.3°F | 63.9°F | 5.48 in |
| August | 86.0°F | 63.7°F | 3.18 in | 87.7°F | 62.9°F | 3.53 in |
| September | 80.2°F | 56.8°F | 3.72 in | 82.4°F | 55.6°F | 3.64 in |
| October | 68.6°F | 44.8°F | 3.47 in | 71.5°F | 42.2°F | 3.48 in |
| November | 55.8°F | 34.0°F | 3.01 in | 59.1°F | 32.0°F | 3.16 in |
| December | 46.1°F | 28.0°F | 4.20 in | 48.3°F | 27.2°F | 3.80 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 →