Climate twins of Cowen, WV
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cowen'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: Cowen vs its climate twin
Top match: Spruce Pine, NC
| Month | Cowen | Spruce Pine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 40.9°F | 19.9°F | 4.31 in | 44.6°F | 23.5°F | 4.54 in |
| February | 44.7°F | 22.5°F | 3.91 in | 47.5°F | 25.6°F | 3.54 in |
| March | 52.4°F | 28.5°F | 5.29 in | 55.0°F | 31.8°F | 5.23 in |
| April | 64.7°F | 36.9°F | 5.14 in | 64.0°F | 39.2°F | 5.48 in |
| May | 72.9°F | 46.3°F | 5.87 in | 71.4°F | 48.3°F | 5.12 in |
| June | 79.9°F | 53.8°F | 6.22 in | 77.5°F | 56.7°F | 5.03 in |
| July | 82.7°F | 58.2°F | 6.61 in | 81.2°F | 60.0°F | 5.45 in |
| August | 82.2°F | 57.3°F | 5.83 in | 79.6°F | 59.1°F | 5.48 in |
| September | 77.2°F | 50.9°F | 4.38 in | 73.8°F | 52.9°F | 5.08 in |
| October | 66.9°F | 39.2°F | 3.73 in | 65.1°F | 41.7°F | 3.79 in |
| November | 55.0°F | 29.8°F | 4.34 in | 55.8°F | 31.5°F | 3.85 in |
| December | 45.1°F | 24.4°F | 4.69 in | 48.4°F | 26.9°F | 4.63 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 →