Climate twins of Luke, MD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Luke'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: Luke vs its climate twin
Top match: Gambier, OH
| Month | Luke | Gambier | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 36.0°F | 20.3°F | 2.99 in | 34.3°F | 16.7°F | 3.13 in |
| February | 39.2°F | 21.4°F | 2.64 in | 37.7°F | 18.3°F | 2.51 in |
| March | 47.7°F | 28.1°F | 3.29 in | 47.9°F | 26.4°F | 3.29 in |
| April | 60.8°F | 37.4°F | 3.66 in | 60.7°F | 35.5°F | 3.96 in |
| May | 69.3°F | 47.2°F | 4.58 in | 70.4°F | 46.4°F | 4.68 in |
| June | 77.0°F | 55.8°F | 4.62 in | 78.9°F | 56.0°F | 4.89 in |
| July | 81.1°F | 60.1°F | 4.14 in | 82.3°F | 59.2°F | 4.24 in |
| August | 79.7°F | 58.7°F | 3.46 in | 81.4°F | 57.0°F | 3.41 in |
| September | 73.4°F | 52.0°F | 3.75 in | 75.4°F | 49.2°F | 3.23 in |
| October | 61.8°F | 40.9°F | 2.93 in | 63.4°F | 38.0°F | 2.89 in |
| November | 50.1°F | 31.8°F | 2.44 in | 50.3°F | 29.4°F | 2.98 in |
| December | 39.8°F | 25.3°F | 2.91 in | 39.3°F | 22.7°F | 3.21 in |
Cities that consider Luke their climate twin
These US cities have Luke in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Luke would feel familiar.
- Danville, OH (ranks Luke #1)
- Gambier, OH (ranks Luke #1)
- Beckley, WV (ranks Luke #1)
- Lester, WV (ranks Luke #1)
- Mabscott, WV (ranks Luke #1)
- Sophia, WV (ranks Luke #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 →