Climate twins of Hamlin, WV
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hamlin'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: Hamlin vs its climate twin
Top match: Junction City, KY
| Month | Hamlin | Junction City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 44.5°F | 23.0°F | 3.30 in | 42.7°F | 23.3°F | 3.68 in |
| February | 49.0°F | 25.0°F | 3.37 in | 47.1°F | 25.8°F | 3.69 in |
| March | 58.2°F | 31.3°F | 4.43 in | 56.3°F | 33.3°F | 4.61 in |
| April | 70.5°F | 39.9°F | 3.74 in | 67.5°F | 43.6°F | 4.21 in |
| May | 78.5°F | 50.8°F | 5.00 in | 75.4°F | 54.1°F | 4.42 in |
| June | 85.1°F | 59.5°F | 4.65 in | 83.4°F | 61.4°F | 4.66 in |
| July | 88.3°F | 63.9°F | 5.48 in | 86.5°F | 65.3°F | 5.00 in |
| August | 87.7°F | 62.9°F | 3.53 in | 86.0°F | 63.7°F | 3.18 in |
| September | 82.4°F | 55.6°F | 3.64 in | 80.2°F | 56.8°F | 3.72 in |
| October | 71.5°F | 42.2°F | 3.48 in | 68.6°F | 44.8°F | 3.47 in |
| November | 59.1°F | 32.0°F | 3.16 in | 55.8°F | 34.0°F | 3.01 in |
| December | 48.3°F | 27.2°F | 3.80 in | 46.1°F | 28.0°F | 4.20 in |
Cities that consider Hamlin their climate twin
These US cities have Hamlin in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Hamlin would feel familiar.
- Stanford, KY (ranks Hamlin #1)
- Lancaster, KY (ranks Hamlin #1)
- Perryville, KY (ranks Hamlin #2)
- Danville, KY (ranks Hamlin #1)
- Hustonville, KY (ranks Hamlin #2)
- Junction City, KY (ranks Hamlin #1)
- Cynthiana, KY (ranks Hamlin #1)
- Berry, KY (ranks Hamlin #1)
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 →