Climate twins of Marlinton, WV
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Marlinton'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: Marlinton vs its climate twin
Top match: St. Marys, PA
| Month | Marlinton | St. Marys | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 36.3°F | 16.2°F | 3.57 in | 30.5°F | 13.1°F | 3.47 in |
| February | 40.4°F | 18.4°F | 3.17 in | 33.3°F | 13.5°F | 2.68 in |
| March | 48.7°F | 24.1°F | 4.11 in | 42.5°F | 20.9°F | 3.38 in |
| April | 60.3°F | 33.0°F | 3.95 in | 56.4°F | 31.0°F | 3.95 in |
| May | 68.3°F | 42.9°F | 4.82 in | 67.4°F | 41.9°F | 4.32 in |
| June | 75.0°F | 51.4°F | 3.85 in | 74.7°F | 50.8°F | 4.48 in |
| July | 78.4°F | 55.7°F | 4.38 in | 78.5°F | 55.0°F | 4.67 in |
| August | 77.1°F | 54.8°F | 3.88 in | 77.4°F | 53.7°F | 4.25 in |
| September | 72.0°F | 48.3°F | 3.49 in | 71.1°F | 47.5°F | 3.95 in |
| October | 61.9°F | 35.4°F | 2.89 in | 58.7°F | 37.0°F | 3.87 in |
| November | 50.2°F | 25.2°F | 3.05 in | 45.6°F | 28.0°F | 3.78 in |
| December | 39.8°F | 19.6°F | 3.76 in | 34.5°F | 19.7°F | 3.60 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 →