Climate twins of Crab Orchard, KY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Crab Orchard'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: Crab Orchard vs its climate twin
Top match: Madison, WV
| Month | Crab Orchard | Madison | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 44.6°F | 26.8°F | 3.67 in | 44.8°F | 24.6°F | 3.60 in |
| February | 49.6°F | 29.7°F | 3.49 in | 48.7°F | 26.9°F | 3.51 in |
| March | 58.8°F | 36.2°F | 4.74 in | 57.7°F | 33.0°F | 4.43 in |
| April | 70.0°F | 45.0°F | 4.61 in | 70.1°F | 41.7°F | 4.37 in |
| May | 76.8°F | 53.8°F | 5.09 in | 77.5°F | 52.4°F | 5.41 in |
| June | 83.1°F | 61.4°F | 5.12 in | 84.2°F | 61.0°F | 4.47 in |
| July | 85.7°F | 64.9°F | 5.19 in | 87.2°F | 65.4°F | 5.42 in |
| August | 85.4°F | 63.2°F | 3.61 in | 86.2°F | 64.1°F | 4.26 in |
| September | 80.3°F | 57.2°F | 3.93 in | 81.0°F | 56.9°F | 3.41 in |
| October | 70.2°F | 46.4°F | 3.53 in | 70.3°F | 44.2°F | 3.25 in |
| November | 58.4°F | 36.6°F | 3.54 in | 58.6°F | 33.4°F | 3.19 in |
| December | 48.2°F | 30.3°F | 4.03 in | 48.3°F | 28.4°F | 4.23 in |
Cities that consider Crab Orchard their climate twin
These US cities have Crab Orchard in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Crab Orchard would feel familiar.
- Delbarton, WV (ranks Crab Orchard #3)
- Matewan, WV (ranks Crab Orchard #3)
- Williamson, WV (ranks Crab Orchard #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 →