Climate twins of Elkins, WV

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

Top match: Olive Hill, KY

Month Elkins Olive Hill
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 41.5°F 20.0°F 3.36 in 39.9°F 21.1°F 3.35 in
February 45.1°F 22.0°F 3.26 in 44.7°F 23.1°F 3.29 in
March 53.5°F 28.5°F 3.98 in 53.7°F 29.3°F 4.92 in
April 65.6°F 37.3°F 4.10 in 66.3°F 38.3°F 4.39 in
May 73.4°F 47.0°F 5.14 in 74.1°F 49.8°F 4.91 in
June 80.2°F 55.5°F 4.48 in 79.4°F 58.6°F 5.14 in
July 83.2°F 59.6°F 5.99 in 81.9°F 63.0°F 6.05 in
August 82.1°F 58.4°F 3.87 in 81.7°F 60.3°F 4.08 in
September 76.6°F 51.5°F 3.51 in 75.9°F 53.5°F 3.67 in
October 66.3°F 39.1°F 3.08 in 65.6°F 40.5°F 3.05 in
November 54.8°F 29.9°F 2.87 in 54.1°F 30.4°F 2.97 in
December 45.2°F 24.1°F 3.57 in 44.0°F 25.7°F 4.00 in

Cities that consider Elkins their climate twin

These US cities have Elkins in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Elkins 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 →