Climate twins of Bridgeport, WV

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Bridgeport'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: Bridgeport vs its climate twin

Top match: Paintsville, KY

Month Bridgeport Paintsville
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 42.6°F 24.6°F 3.30 in 44.1°F 22.9°F 3.35 in
February 45.6°F 26.6°F 3.14 in 48.7°F 25.6°F 3.21 in
March 54.7°F 33.4°F 3.62 in 58.1°F 31.7°F 4.41 in
April 67.6°F 43.1°F 3.89 in 69.6°F 40.7°F 3.82 in
May 75.7°F 52.0°F 4.25 in 76.2°F 51.4°F 4.43 in
June 82.5°F 60.2°F 4.54 in 83.4°F 60.1°F 4.79 in
July 85.5°F 64.2°F 5.40 in 86.2°F 64.6°F 5.18 in
August 84.6°F 62.7°F 3.62 in 85.7°F 63.4°F 3.63 in
September 78.9°F 55.4°F 3.51 in 79.8°F 55.9°F 3.35 in
October 67.6°F 44.1°F 3.02 in 69.8°F 43.1°F 3.19 in
November 56.0°F 35.5°F 3.17 in 58.4°F 32.0°F 3.00 in
December 46.6°F 29.0°F 3.38 in 48.0°F 27.5°F 3.83 in

Cities that consider Bridgeport their climate twin

These US cities have Bridgeport in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Bridgeport would feel familiar.

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 →