Climate twins of Monterey, VA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Monterey'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: Monterey vs its climate twin
Top match: West Jefferson, NC
| Month | Monterey | West Jefferson | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 38.8°F | 18.4°F | 3.64 in | 43.3°F | 21.9°F | 3.91 in |
| February | 42.4°F | 20.4°F | 3.28 in | 46.6°F | 24.0°F | 3.28 in |
| March | 50.5°F | 26.8°F | 4.34 in | 53.5°F | 29.2°F | 4.06 in |
| April | 61.7°F | 35.4°F | 4.34 in | 63.1°F | 36.3°F | 4.78 in |
| May | 69.7°F | 44.9°F | 4.94 in | 71.2°F | 45.3°F | 5.34 in |
| June | 76.3°F | 52.9°F | 4.35 in | 78.0°F | 53.4°F | 4.44 in |
| July | 79.5°F | 56.8°F | 4.14 in | 81.0°F | 58.0°F | 4.79 in |
| August | 78.2°F | 55.6°F | 3.80 in | 80.2°F | 56.6°F | 4.65 in |
| September | 72.5°F | 48.7°F | 4.03 in | 75.2°F | 50.3°F | 4.35 in |
| October | 62.9°F | 37.5°F | 2.94 in | 65.5°F | 38.5°F | 3.71 in |
| November | 52.1°F | 28.0°F | 3.38 in | 55.4°F | 28.5°F | 3.61 in |
| December | 42.4°F | 22.0°F | 3.68 in | 47.0°F | 24.5°F | 4.03 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 →