Climate twins of Lebanon, VA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lebanon'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: Lebanon vs its climate twin
Top match: St. Marys, WV
| Month | Lebanon | St. Marys | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 44.9°F | 22.9°F | 3.49 in | 39.4°F | 21.6°F | 3.50 in |
| February | 48.4°F | 25.6°F | 3.68 in | 43.2°F | 23.1°F | 3.21 in |
| March | 56.5°F | 31.4°F | 4.18 in | 52.8°F | 29.8°F | 3.97 in |
| April | 66.9°F | 39.5°F | 4.12 in | 65.9°F | 39.5°F | 3.70 in |
| May | 74.5°F | 48.5°F | 4.42 in | 74.0°F | 50.2°F | 4.67 in |
| June | 81.2°F | 56.9°F | 4.31 in | 81.2°F | 59.2°F | 4.69 in |
| July | 84.0°F | 61.0°F | 4.86 in | 84.3°F | 63.7°F | 4.86 in |
| August | 83.2°F | 59.7°F | 4.04 in | 83.5°F | 62.3°F | 4.18 in |
| September | 78.7°F | 53.2°F | 3.34 in | 77.9°F | 55.1°F | 3.30 in |
| October | 68.1°F | 40.8°F | 2.55 in | 66.6°F | 43.2°F | 2.89 in |
| November | 57.0°F | 30.9°F | 3.01 in | 54.2°F | 32.5°F | 2.85 in |
| December | 48.2°F | 26.4°F | 3.94 in | 43.9°F | 26.5°F | 3.58 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 →