Climate twins of Glasgow, WV
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Glasgow'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: Glasgow vs its climate twin
Top match: Erwin, TN
| Month | Glasgow | Erwin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 43.1°F | 25.6°F | 3.23 in | 47.3°F | 24.5°F | 3.46 in |
| February | 46.7°F | 27.6°F | 3.24 in | 50.8°F | 26.9°F | 3.27 in |
| March | 55.5°F | 33.8°F | 4.25 in | 58.7°F | 33.0°F | 3.82 in |
| April | 67.8°F | 42.8°F | 3.81 in | 68.4°F | 40.7°F | 3.99 in |
| May | 75.0°F | 52.3°F | 4.77 in | 76.2°F | 49.8°F | 4.83 in |
| June | 81.8°F | 61.4°F | 4.58 in | 82.8°F | 58.1°F | 5.07 in |
| July | 85.1°F | 65.7°F | 5.83 in | 85.4°F | 62.2°F | 5.51 in |
| August | 83.9°F | 65.1°F | 3.79 in | 84.9°F | 61.1°F | 4.76 in |
| September | 78.8°F | 58.7°F | 3.35 in | 80.2°F | 55.0°F | 3.28 in |
| October | 68.0°F | 46.8°F | 2.91 in | 69.9°F | 43.3°F | 2.54 in |
| November | 56.7°F | 35.8°F | 2.93 in | 58.9°F | 32.5°F | 2.83 in |
| December | 46.9°F | 30.0°F | 3.70 in | 50.3°F | 28.0°F | 3.64 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 →