Climate twins of Lexington, VA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lexington'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: Lexington vs its climate twin
Top match: Rio Grande, OH
| Month | Lexington | Rio Grande | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 45.2°F | 23.3°F | 3.15 in | 41.0°F | 23.1°F | 3.07 in |
| February | 49.3°F | 24.8°F | 2.76 in | 45.5°F | 25.2°F | 3.08 in |
| March | 57.4°F | 31.2°F | 3.52 in | 54.7°F | 32.2°F | 4.05 in |
| April | 68.4°F | 40.4°F | 3.71 in | 67.1°F | 41.7°F | 3.92 in |
| May | 75.7°F | 50.5°F | 4.11 in | 75.1°F | 52.4°F | 4.48 in |
| June | 83.1°F | 59.4°F | 4.80 in | 82.9°F | 61.4°F | 4.61 in |
| July | 86.6°F | 64.0°F | 4.10 in | 86.2°F | 65.7°F | 4.47 in |
| August | 85.4°F | 62.6°F | 3.31 in | 85.6°F | 64.1°F | 3.55 in |
| September | 79.1°F | 55.5°F | 3.67 in | 79.8°F | 57.0°F | 3.75 in |
| October | 69.1°F | 42.9°F | 3.06 in | 68.4°F | 44.8°F | 3.12 in |
| November | 57.8°F | 31.9°F | 3.23 in | 56.1°F | 34.2°F | 2.63 in |
| December | 48.3°F | 26.4°F | 3.47 in | 45.4°F | 28.2°F | 3.80 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 →