Climate twins of Viola, TN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Viola'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: Viola vs its climate twin
Top match: La Fayette, AL
| Month | Viola | La Fayette | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 50.6°F | 31.2°F | 4.57 in | 55.7°F | 30.2°F | 5.70 in |
| February | 54.8°F | 33.9°F | 5.00 in | 60.0°F | 33.8°F | 5.33 in |
| March | 63.1°F | 40.4°F | 5.24 in | 67.6°F | 39.4°F | 5.70 in |
| April | 72.9°F | 48.1°F | 5.04 in | 75.0°F | 45.7°F | 4.80 in |
| May | 79.4°F | 56.5°F | 4.69 in | 81.7°F | 55.3°F | 4.40 in |
| June | 85.9°F | 64.1°F | 4.53 in | 87.0°F | 63.5°F | 4.48 in |
| July | 88.6°F | 67.8°F | 4.80 in | 90.0°F | 67.4°F | 4.80 in |
| August | 87.9°F | 66.5°F | 3.70 in | 88.9°F | 66.3°F | 4.23 in |
| September | 82.8°F | 60.3°F | 3.90 in | 84.2°F | 60.5°F | 3.53 in |
| October | 73.2°F | 48.8°F | 3.21 in | 75.0°F | 48.6°F | 3.63 in |
| November | 62.0°F | 38.8°F | 4.24 in | 65.4°F | 37.5°F | 4.31 in |
| December | 53.4°F | 33.8°F | 5.49 in | 57.5°F | 32.8°F | 5.61 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 →