Climate twins of Blacksville, WV
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Blacksville'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: Blacksville vs its climate twin
Top match: Mount Orab, OH
| Month | Blacksville | Mount Orab | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 38.7°F | 18.6°F | 4.04 in | 39.5°F | 17.2°F | 3.42 in |
| February | 42.8°F | 20.6°F | 3.35 in | 43.5°F | 20.0°F | 3.21 in |
| March | 52.1°F | 26.9°F | 4.00 in | 53.2°F | 26.9°F | 4.10 in |
| April | 65.4°F | 35.8°F | 4.34 in | 65.6°F | 36.9°F | 4.50 in |
| May | 74.6°F | 46.1°F | 5.58 in | 74.6°F | 48.3°F | 5.26 in |
| June | 80.9°F | 55.0°F | 4.87 in | 82.5°F | 56.5°F | 4.91 in |
| July | 84.3°F | 59.8°F | 5.67 in | 85.8°F | 60.4°F | 4.93 in |
| August | 83.5°F | 57.7°F | 3.72 in | 85.3°F | 57.9°F | 3.61 in |
| September | 78.0°F | 50.9°F | 3.82 in | 79.4°F | 49.9°F | 3.02 in |
| October | 66.0°F | 38.7°F | 3.37 in | 67.3°F | 39.0°F | 3.77 in |
| November | 53.2°F | 28.9°F | 3.43 in | 53.9°F | 30.3°F | 3.26 in |
| December | 43.2°F | 23.8°F | 4.38 in | 43.8°F | 21.4°F | 3.86 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 →