Climate twins of Whitesburg, KY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Whitesburg'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: Whitesburg vs its climate twin
Top match: West Union, WV
| Month | Whitesburg | West Union | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 43.8°F | 24.1°F | 4.04 in | 40.9°F | 20.8°F | 3.69 in |
| February | 48.7°F | 26.3°F | 4.00 in | 44.4°F | 22.4°F | 3.51 in |
| March | 57.3°F | 31.6°F | 4.59 in | 54.0°F | 28.9°F | 4.25 in |
| April | 68.3°F | 39.7°F | 4.50 in | 67.0°F | 38.0°F | 3.89 in |
| May | 74.2°F | 50.1°F | 4.93 in | 75.2°F | 48.5°F | 5.09 in |
| June | 79.2°F | 57.5°F | 4.64 in | 81.7°F | 57.6°F | 4.93 in |
| July | 81.8°F | 63.5°F | 5.60 in | 84.8°F | 62.1°F | 5.73 in |
| August | 80.9°F | 61.8°F | 4.38 in | 84.1°F | 60.9°F | 3.66 in |
| September | 76.3°F | 55.4°F | 3.48 in | 79.0°F | 53.7°F | 3.68 in |
| October | 67.8°F | 42.1°F | 2.98 in | 67.9°F | 41.1°F | 3.47 in |
| November | 56.8°F | 32.0°F | 3.08 in | 55.6°F | 30.9°F | 3.21 in |
| December | 46.9°F | 27.3°F | 4.33 in | 45.3°F | 25.7°F | 3.98 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 →