Climate twins of Mullens, WV
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Mullens'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: Mullens vs its climate twin
Top match: McKee, KY
| Month | Mullens | McKee | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.7°F | 22.4°F | 3.90 in | 43.9°F | 23.3°F | 4.00 in |
| February | 46.9°F | 24.4°F | 3.50 in | 48.6°F | 25.9°F | 3.90 in |
| March | 55.9°F | 30.1°F | 4.50 in | 58.0°F | 31.1°F | 4.68 in |
| April | 68.3°F | 38.6°F | 4.22 in | 69.3°F | 39.8°F | 4.62 in |
| May | 75.7°F | 48.9°F | 5.05 in | 76.8°F | 50.1°F | 5.24 in |
| June | 82.0°F | 57.5°F | 4.50 in | 82.7°F | 59.3°F | 4.81 in |
| July | 85.1°F | 61.9°F | 5.53 in | 85.8°F | 63.4°F | 5.28 in |
| August | 83.7°F | 60.8°F | 4.20 in | 85.0°F | 62.2°F | 3.88 in |
| September | 78.4°F | 54.1°F | 3.11 in | 79.9°F | 54.9°F | 3.47 in |
| October | 68.0°F | 41.3°F | 2.94 in | 70.4°F | 41.8°F | 3.30 in |
| November | 56.5°F | 30.8°F | 3.13 in | 57.8°F | 31.8°F | 3.39 in |
| December | 46.3°F | 26.2°F | 4.06 in | 48.2°F | 27.0°F | 4.69 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 →