Climate twins of Luray, VA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Luray'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: Luray vs its climate twin
Top match: Reading, PA
| Month | Luray | Reading | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 43.3°F | 23.0°F | 2.85 in | 38.6°F | 23.0°F | 2.97 in |
| February | 47.4°F | 25.6°F | 2.45 in | 41.9°F | 24.4°F | 2.61 in |
| March | 54.9°F | 31.5°F | 3.58 in | 51.0°F | 31.9°F | 3.53 in |
| April | 66.5°F | 41.0°F | 3.51 in | 63.4°F | 41.7°F | 3.35 in |
| May | 74.0°F | 50.1°F | 4.21 in | 73.5°F | 51.5°F | 3.51 in |
| June | 81.4°F | 57.9°F | 4.76 in | 82.0°F | 61.2°F | 4.77 in |
| July | 85.4°F | 62.0°F | 4.12 in | 86.5°F | 65.8°F | 4.77 in |
| August | 83.4°F | 60.9°F | 3.77 in | 84.4°F | 64.1°F | 4.49 in |
| September | 77.9°F | 54.3°F | 5.42 in | 77.1°F | 56.6°F | 4.88 in |
| October | 67.4°F | 43.4°F | 3.17 in | 65.4°F | 45.0°F | 3.80 in |
| November | 56.7°F | 34.0°F | 3.21 in | 53.8°F | 35.4°F | 3.02 in |
| December | 47.2°F | 27.6°F | 3.10 in | 43.4°F | 28.0°F | 3.51 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 →