Climate twins of Montrose, WV
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Montrose'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: Montrose vs its climate twin
Top match: Pound, VA
| Month | Montrose | Pound | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 40.0°F | 19.5°F | 3.86 in | 42.5°F | 21.7°F | 3.72 in |
| February | 43.4°F | 20.7°F | 3.72 in | 46.5°F | 24.1°F | 3.91 in |
| March | 51.5°F | 27.6°F | 4.51 in | 55.9°F | 29.4°F | 4.42 in |
| April | 64.0°F | 36.2°F | 4.41 in | 67.5°F | 37.6°F | 4.56 in |
| May | 72.2°F | 46.2°F | 5.49 in | 74.1°F | 47.8°F | 4.94 in |
| June | 78.8°F | 55.2°F | 5.54 in | 79.5°F | 55.9°F | 5.12 in |
| July | 82.3°F | 59.6°F | 5.22 in | 81.8°F | 60.7°F | 5.31 in |
| August | 81.8°F | 57.9°F | 3.77 in | 80.7°F | 59.9°F | 4.06 in |
| September | 75.9°F | 50.9°F | 3.98 in | 75.9°F | 52.8°F | 3.25 in |
| October | 65.1°F | 38.8°F | 3.65 in | 66.4°F | 39.9°F | 2.83 in |
| November | 54.2°F | 30.2°F | 3.25 in | 55.4°F | 29.7°F | 2.80 in |
| December | 44.9°F | 24.4°F | 4.24 in | 45.5°F | 25.3°F | 4.25 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 →