Climate twins of Lumberport, WV
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lumberport'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: Lumberport vs its climate twin
Top match: Mount Sterling, KY
| Month | Lumberport | Mount Sterling | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 39.7°F | 21.7°F | 3.54 in | 41.8°F | 21.6°F | 3.52 in |
| February | 43.2°F | 23.4°F | 3.39 in | 45.6°F | 23.5°F | 3.66 in |
| March | 52.2°F | 29.7°F | 4.17 in | 55.7°F | 30.5°F | 4.36 in |
| April | 65.4°F | 39.1°F | 4.08 in | 66.8°F | 39.8°F | 4.40 in |
| May | 74.7°F | 49.6°F | 4.78 in | 75.6°F | 50.6°F | 4.53 in |
| June | 82.1°F | 58.5°F | 4.85 in | 83.4°F | 59.0°F | 4.80 in |
| July | 85.1°F | 63.0°F | 5.33 in | 86.5°F | 63.1°F | 5.38 in |
| August | 83.6°F | 61.7°F | 3.96 in | 85.7°F | 60.6°F | 3.36 in |
| September | 77.4°F | 54.5°F | 3.67 in | 80.1°F | 53.1°F | 3.61 in |
| October | 65.6°F | 42.1°F | 3.34 in | 68.5°F | 41.6°F | 3.22 in |
| November | 53.4°F | 31.9°F | 3.32 in | 55.9°F | 31.3°F | 3.38 in |
| December | 44.0°F | 26.6°F | 3.81 in | 45.4°F | 25.0°F | 4.28 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 →