Climate twins of Grafton, WV
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Grafton'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: Grafton vs its climate twin
Top match: Pound, VA
| Month | Grafton | Pound | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 38.7°F | 21.2°F | 3.37 in | 42.5°F | 21.7°F | 3.72 in |
| February | 42.3°F | 22.7°F | 3.32 in | 46.5°F | 24.1°F | 3.91 in |
| March | 51.6°F | 29.2°F | 3.87 in | 55.9°F | 29.4°F | 4.42 in |
| April | 64.0°F | 38.6°F | 4.34 in | 67.5°F | 37.6°F | 4.56 in |
| May | 71.5°F | 48.8°F | 4.88 in | 74.1°F | 47.8°F | 4.94 in |
| June | 77.8°F | 56.7°F | 4.92 in | 79.5°F | 55.9°F | 5.12 in |
| July | 81.2°F | 61.4°F | 5.48 in | 81.8°F | 60.7°F | 5.31 in |
| August | 80.4°F | 60.0°F | 4.37 in | 80.7°F | 59.9°F | 4.06 in |
| September | 75.5°F | 53.3°F | 3.64 in | 75.9°F | 52.8°F | 3.25 in |
| October | 64.7°F | 41.9°F | 3.40 in | 66.4°F | 39.9°F | 2.83 in |
| November | 53.1°F | 32.1°F | 3.14 in | 55.4°F | 29.7°F | 2.80 in |
| December | 42.9°F | 26.2°F | 3.83 in | 45.5°F | 25.3°F | 4.25 in |
Cities that consider Grafton their climate twin
These US cities have Grafton in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Grafton would feel familiar.
- Clintwood, VA (ranks Grafton #1)
- Pound, VA (ranks Grafton #1)
- Jenkins, KY (ranks Grafton #1)
- Wise, VA (ranks Grafton #3)
- Dungannon, VA (ranks Grafton #3)
- Coeburn, VA (ranks Grafton #3)
- Norton, VA (ranks Grafton #3)
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 →