Climate twins of Dunbar, WV
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Dunbar'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: Dunbar vs its climate twin
Top match: Sardis, KY
| Month | Dunbar | Sardis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.5°F | 22.9°F | 3.47 in | 41.2°F | 22.9°F | 3.71 in |
| February | 46.3°F | 25.1°F | 3.27 in | 45.3°F | 25.0°F | 3.50 in |
| March | 55.6°F | 30.9°F | 4.40 in | 54.2°F | 31.6°F | 4.72 in |
| April | 68.1°F | 41.0°F | 4.12 in | 65.8°F | 41.9°F | 4.66 in |
| May | 75.8°F | 51.1°F | 5.19 in | 75.0°F | 52.8°F | 4.76 in |
| June | 82.7°F | 59.8°F | 4.44 in | 82.8°F | 61.2°F | 4.81 in |
| July | 85.8°F | 63.7°F | 5.79 in | 86.0°F | 65.2°F | 5.82 in |
| August | 85.0°F | 61.9°F | 3.69 in | 84.8°F | 63.3°F | 3.52 in |
| September | 79.6°F | 54.6°F | 3.52 in | 79.5°F | 56.4°F | 3.39 in |
| October | 68.4°F | 42.3°F | 3.11 in | 68.5°F | 44.8°F | 3.46 in |
| November | 56.7°F | 32.3°F | 3.14 in | 55.3°F | 33.7°F | 3.24 in |
| December | 46.6°F | 27.2°F | 4.08 in | 45.7°F | 27.9°F | 4.23 in |
Cities that consider Dunbar their climate twin
These US cities have Dunbar in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Dunbar would feel familiar.
- Sardis, KY (ranks Dunbar #2)
- Ewing, KY (ranks Dunbar #2)
- Flemingsburg, KY (ranks Dunbar #2)
- Ravenna, KY (ranks Dunbar #2)
- Irvine, KY (ranks Dunbar #2)
- Ripley, OH (ranks Dunbar #2)
- Maysville, KY (ranks Dunbar #2)
- Aberdeen, OH (ranks Dunbar #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 →