Climate twins of Jonesville, VA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Jonesville'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: Jonesville vs its climate twin
Top match: Lebanon, KY
| Month | Jonesville | Lebanon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 44.8°F | 23.2°F | 4.41 in | 43.7°F | 24.1°F | 4.09 in |
| February | 49.3°F | 25.7°F | 4.37 in | 48.5°F | 25.6°F | 4.25 in |
| March | 58.7°F | 31.7°F | 4.86 in | 57.8°F | 31.9°F | 4.86 in |
| April | 68.7°F | 39.6°F | 4.59 in | 68.8°F | 41.0°F | 4.85 in |
| May | 76.1°F | 49.9°F | 4.32 in | 77.1°F | 52.1°F | 5.02 in |
| June | 82.8°F | 58.7°F | 4.39 in | 84.7°F | 60.2°F | 4.99 in |
| July | 85.3°F | 62.8°F | 4.44 in | 87.8°F | 64.7°F | 5.31 in |
| August | 84.9°F | 61.6°F | 3.95 in | 87.2°F | 62.3°F | 3.85 in |
| September | 80.7°F | 54.6°F | 3.71 in | 81.9°F | 55.0°F | 4.22 in |
| October | 70.5°F | 41.7°F | 2.99 in | 71.0°F | 42.7°F | 2.96 in |
| November | 58.2°F | 31.5°F | 2.88 in | 58.2°F | 32.9°F | 3.27 in |
| December | 48.4°F | 26.3°F | 4.77 in | 47.9°F | 27.8°F | 4.73 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 →