Climate twins of Ansted, WV
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Ansted'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: Ansted vs its climate twin
Top match: Olive Hill, KY
| Month | Ansted | Olive Hill | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.0°F | 23.0°F | 3.26 in | 39.9°F | 21.1°F | 3.35 in |
| February | 46.5°F | 24.9°F | 2.99 in | 44.7°F | 23.1°F | 3.29 in |
| March | 55.2°F | 31.0°F | 4.19 in | 53.7°F | 29.3°F | 4.92 in |
| April | 67.6°F | 40.0°F | 4.30 in | 66.3°F | 38.3°F | 4.39 in |
| May | 75.0°F | 49.5°F | 4.98 in | 74.1°F | 49.8°F | 4.91 in |
| June | 81.1°F | 58.4°F | 4.72 in | 79.4°F | 58.6°F | 5.14 in |
| July | 84.0°F | 62.1°F | 5.87 in | 81.9°F | 63.0°F | 6.05 in |
| August | 83.4°F | 60.9°F | 4.19 in | 81.7°F | 60.3°F | 4.08 in |
| September | 78.0°F | 54.3°F | 3.61 in | 75.9°F | 53.5°F | 3.67 in |
| October | 67.6°F | 42.5°F | 3.06 in | 65.6°F | 40.5°F | 3.05 in |
| November | 56.2°F | 32.6°F | 3.14 in | 54.1°F | 30.4°F | 2.97 in |
| December | 46.1°F | 26.7°F | 3.73 in | 44.0°F | 25.7°F | 4.00 in |
Cities that consider Ansted their climate twin
These US cities have Ansted in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Ansted would feel familiar.
- Olive Hill, KY (ranks Ansted #3)
- Lakeview Heights, KY (ranks Ansted #3)
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 →