Climate twins of Ashland, VA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Ashland'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: Ashland vs its climate twin
Top match: Bedford, VA
| Month | Ashland | Bedford | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 46.8°F | 27.2°F | 3.29 in | 46.9°F | 27.8°F | 3.62 in |
| February | 51.1°F | 29.0°F | 2.82 in | 49.9°F | 28.5°F | 3.01 in |
| March | 59.9°F | 35.7°F | 3.79 in | 58.1°F | 36.0°F | 3.45 in |
| April | 71.1°F | 45.2°F | 3.41 in | 69.7°F | 45.1°F | 3.85 in |
| May | 76.5°F | 54.7°F | 4.24 in | 74.7°F | 53.8°F | 4.60 in |
| June | 82.9°F | 63.2°F | 4.58 in | 82.4°F | 61.8°F | 4.71 in |
| July | 86.7°F | 67.6°F | 4.29 in | 86.4°F | 66.7°F | 4.29 in |
| August | 85.1°F | 66.2°F | 3.91 in | 85.2°F | 64.7°F | 3.81 in |
| September | 79.2°F | 59.5°F | 4.19 in | 78.9°F | 58.6°F | 4.37 in |
| October | 68.9°F | 47.7°F | 3.69 in | 68.7°F | 46.2°F | 3.59 in |
| November | 59.0°F | 37.4°F | 3.37 in | 58.8°F | 37.3°F | 3.27 in |
| December | 49.9°F | 30.2°F | 3.72 in | 49.5°F | 31.3°F | 3.74 in |
Cities that consider Ashland their climate twin
These US cities have Ashland in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Ashland would feel familiar.
- Bedford, VA (ranks Ashland #1)
- Stoneville, NC (ranks Ashland #1)
- Eden, NC (ranks Ashland #1)
- Vinton, VA (ranks Ashland #1)
- Roanoke, VA (ranks Ashland #1)
- Salem, VA (ranks Ashland #1)
- Danbury, NC (ranks Ashland #3)
- Walnut Cove, NC (ranks Ashland #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 →