Climate twins of Bethany, WV
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Bethany'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: Bethany vs its climate twin
Top match: Powell, OH
| Month | Bethany | Powell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 37.0°F | 22.3°F | 2.75 in | 36.3°F | 21.3°F | 2.22 in |
| February | 40.1°F | 24.4°F | 2.15 in | 39.8°F | 23.2°F | 1.94 in |
| March | 49.7°F | 31.3°F | 2.99 in | 50.2°F | 30.9°F | 2.99 in |
| April | 62.5°F | 41.6°F | 3.14 in | 63.3°F | 40.9°F | 3.54 in |
| May | 71.5°F | 51.0°F | 4.00 in | 73.3°F | 51.2°F | 3.85 in |
| June | 78.6°F | 59.2°F | 4.14 in | 81.3°F | 60.2°F | 4.05 in |
| July | 82.9°F | 63.3°F | 3.35 in | 84.3°F | 64.0°F | 3.72 in |
| August | 81.8°F | 61.6°F | 3.74 in | 83.2°F | 62.3°F | 3.05 in |
| September | 75.0°F | 55.1°F | 3.21 in | 77.0°F | 54.5°F | 3.00 in |
| October | 63.6°F | 44.9°F | 2.81 in | 64.7°F | 43.4°F | 2.52 in |
| November | 51.2°F | 35.2°F | 2.65 in | 51.4°F | 33.6°F | 2.36 in |
| December | 41.1°F | 27.6°F | 2.62 in | 40.4°F | 26.3°F | 2.52 in |
Cities that consider Bethany their climate twin
These US cities have Bethany in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Bethany would feel familiar.
- Union, WV (ranks Bethany #2)
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 →