Climate twins of Gassaway, WV
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Gassaway'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: Gassaway vs its climate twin
Top match: Salt Lick, KY
| Month | Gassaway | Salt Lick | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 41.8°F | 21.7°F | 3.55 in | 41.3°F | 24.5°F | 3.56 in |
| February | 45.8°F | 23.8°F | 3.25 in | 45.5°F | 26.5°F | 3.56 in |
| March | 54.4°F | 29.9°F | 4.23 in | 55.1°F | 33.3°F | 4.60 in |
| April | 67.0°F | 40.2°F | 4.10 in | 67.2°F | 42.4°F | 4.69 in |
| May | 75.0°F | 50.9°F | 4.99 in | 74.8°F | 52.2°F | 5.17 in |
| June | 81.5°F | 59.6°F | 5.08 in | 82.3°F | 60.5°F | 4.81 in |
| July | 84.9°F | 64.2°F | 6.44 in | 85.5°F | 64.5°F | 5.92 in |
| August | 83.9°F | 62.8°F | 4.72 in | 84.8°F | 62.7°F | 3.87 in |
| September | 79.2°F | 55.9°F | 3.47 in | 79.2°F | 56.0°F | 3.89 in |
| October | 68.4°F | 42.8°F | 3.73 in | 68.2°F | 44.5°F | 3.41 in |
| November | 56.7°F | 32.0°F | 3.40 in | 56.0°F | 34.7°F | 3.23 in |
| December | 46.3°F | 26.6°F | 4.01 in | 45.4°F | 29.0°F | 4.08 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 →