Climate twins of Mount Sterling, KY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Mount Sterling'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: Mount Sterling vs its climate twin
Top match: Lost Creek, WV
| Month | Mount Sterling | Lost Creek | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 41.8°F | 21.6°F | 3.52 in | 39.7°F | 21.7°F | 3.54 in |
| February | 45.6°F | 23.5°F | 3.66 in | 43.2°F | 23.4°F | 3.39 in |
| March | 55.7°F | 30.5°F | 4.36 in | 52.2°F | 29.7°F | 4.17 in |
| April | 66.8°F | 39.8°F | 4.40 in | 65.4°F | 39.1°F | 4.08 in |
| May | 75.6°F | 50.6°F | 4.53 in | 74.7°F | 49.6°F | 4.78 in |
| June | 83.4°F | 59.0°F | 4.80 in | 82.1°F | 58.5°F | 4.85 in |
| July | 86.5°F | 63.1°F | 5.38 in | 85.1°F | 63.0°F | 5.33 in |
| August | 85.7°F | 60.6°F | 3.36 in | 83.6°F | 61.7°F | 3.96 in |
| September | 80.1°F | 53.1°F | 3.61 in | 77.4°F | 54.5°F | 3.67 in |
| October | 68.5°F | 41.6°F | 3.22 in | 65.6°F | 42.1°F | 3.34 in |
| November | 55.9°F | 31.3°F | 3.38 in | 53.4°F | 31.9°F | 3.32 in |
| December | 45.4°F | 25.0°F | 4.28 in | 44.0°F | 26.6°F | 3.81 in |
Cities that consider Mount Sterling their climate twin
These US cities have Mount Sterling in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Mount Sterling would feel familiar.
- Anmoore, WV (ranks Mount Sterling #1)
- Stonewood, WV (ranks Mount Sterling #1)
- Clarksburg, WV (ranks Mount Sterling #1)
- West Milford, WV (ranks Mount Sterling #1)
- Lost Creek, WV (ranks Mount Sterling #1)
- Lumberport, WV (ranks Mount Sterling #1)
- Nutter Fort, WV (ranks Mount Sterling #1)
- West Union, WV (ranks Mount Sterling #1)
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 →