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 →