Climate twins of Durbin, WV
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Durbin'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: Durbin vs its climate twin
Top match: Butler, PA
| Month | Durbin | Butler | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 35.0°F | 17.4°F | 3.42 in | 34.3°F | 17.3°F | 3.36 in |
| February | 38.8°F | 19.2°F | 2.99 in | 37.4°F | 18.3°F | 2.66 in |
| March | 47.1°F | 25.6°F | 4.09 in | 46.4°F | 25.2°F | 3.28 in |
| April | 59.7°F | 35.1°F | 3.81 in | 60.0°F | 34.6°F | 3.50 in |
| May | 68.1°F | 44.7°F | 4.87 in | 70.0°F | 44.8°F | 3.80 in |
| June | 74.2°F | 52.8°F | 3.94 in | 77.9°F | 54.3°F | 4.33 in |
| July | 77.4°F | 56.4°F | 4.10 in | 81.7°F | 58.2°F | 4.16 in |
| August | 76.4°F | 55.0°F | 3.62 in | 80.7°F | 56.8°F | 4.02 in |
| September | 70.9°F | 48.3°F | 3.49 in | 74.3°F | 49.6°F | 4.09 in |
| October | 61.1°F | 37.2°F | 2.86 in | 61.9°F | 38.9°F | 3.30 in |
| November | 48.9°F | 27.8°F | 2.92 in | 49.7°F | 29.7°F | 3.34 in |
| December | 39.0°F | 21.8°F | 3.67 in | 39.1°F | 23.2°F | 3.37 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 →