Climate twins of Pax, WV
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Pax'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: Pax vs its climate twin
Top match: Leesburg, OH
| Month | Pax | Leesburg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 40.7°F | 22.8°F | 3.48 in | 38.8°F | 19.4°F | 3.44 in |
| February | 44.2°F | 24.6°F | 3.28 in | 42.5°F | 21.5°F | 3.26 in |
| March | 52.3°F | 31.2°F | 4.18 in | 52.5°F | 29.4°F | 4.20 in |
| April | 64.3°F | 41.0°F | 4.18 in | 64.7°F | 39.2°F | 4.85 in |
| May | 71.5°F | 49.7°F | 5.13 in | 73.6°F | 49.9°F | 5.06 in |
| June | 78.5°F | 57.6°F | 5.55 in | 81.5°F | 58.5°F | 4.82 in |
| July | 81.3°F | 61.3°F | 4.61 in | 84.6°F | 61.8°F | 4.25 in |
| August | 80.6°F | 60.3°F | 4.14 in | 83.4°F | 60.2°F | 3.72 in |
| September | 75.4°F | 54.2°F | 3.66 in | 78.0°F | 53.0°F | 3.17 in |
| October | 65.2°F | 42.4°F | 2.87 in | 66.7°F | 41.8°F | 3.19 in |
| November | 54.2°F | 33.4°F | 2.93 in | 53.8°F | 31.6°F | 3.10 in |
| December | 44.6°F | 27.0°F | 3.85 in | 43.1°F | 24.6°F | 3.62 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 →