Climate twins of Thompson's Station, TN

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Thompson's Station'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: Thompson's Station vs its climate twin

Top match: Potts Camp, MS

Month Thompson's Station Potts Camp
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 47.6°F 28.5°F 4.62 in 50.7°F 27.7°F 5.07 in
February 51.4°F 31.5°F 5.23 in 54.2°F 30.7°F 5.51 in
March 60.7°F 39.3°F 4.96 in 63.6°F 37.8°F 5.73 in
April 71.1°F 47.3°F 5.29 in 72.7°F 46.7°F 5.61 in
May 79.3°F 57.1°F 5.12 in 80.0°F 56.3°F 5.30 in
June 87.1°F 65.6°F 4.61 in 87.2°F 64.6°F 4.99 in
July 89.4°F 69.4°F 4.62 in 89.7°F 67.9°F 4.56 in
August 89.2°F 68.6°F 3.61 in 90.0°F 66.5°F 3.93 in
September 84.1°F 61.5°F 4.12 in 84.8°F 59.3°F 3.99 in
October 72.8°F 48.9°F 3.77 in 74.6°F 47.3°F 3.65 in
November 60.7°F 38.1°F 4.19 in 62.4°F 36.5°F 4.07 in
December 50.6°F 32.0°F 5.82 in 53.1°F 31.1°F 6.21 in

Cities that consider Thompson's Station their climate twin

These US cities have Thompson's Station in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Thompson's Station would feel familiar.

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 →