Climate twins of Roanoke, AL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Roanoke'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: Roanoke vs its climate twin
Top match: Uniontown, AL
| Month | Roanoke | Uniontown | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 54.2°F | 32.2°F | 5.27 in | 56.6°F | 34.1°F | 5.41 in |
| February | 60.0°F | 35.7°F | 5.34 in | 61.8°F | 38.0°F | 5.76 in |
| March | 67.6°F | 41.8°F | 5.23 in | 68.4°F | 44.4°F | 5.42 in |
| April | 75.3°F | 47.9°F | 4.37 in | 75.5°F | 50.0°F | 4.83 in |
| May | 82.3°F | 56.8°F | 4.11 in | 82.6°F | 58.2°F | 3.69 in |
| June | 87.4°F | 64.8°F | 4.85 in | 88.2°F | 66.7°F | 4.64 in |
| July | 88.7°F | 67.5°F | 4.47 in | 91.3°F | 70.3°F | 4.38 in |
| August | 88.8°F | 67.5°F | 4.02 in | 91.2°F | 68.8°F | 4.55 in |
| September | 84.6°F | 61.1°F | 3.39 in | 86.7°F | 63.3°F | 3.87 in |
| October | 75.0°F | 49.4°F | 2.78 in | 77.6°F | 51.0°F | 3.21 in |
| November | 64.8°F | 39.5°F | 4.12 in | 67.0°F | 39.6°F | 4.21 in |
| December | 57.1°F | 34.6°F | 5.08 in | 58.7°F | 35.9°F | 5.38 in |
Cities that consider Roanoke their climate twin
These US cities have Roanoke in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Roanoke would feel familiar.
- Crawford, GA (ranks Roanoke #3)
- Lexington, GA (ranks Roanoke #3)
- Maxeys, GA (ranks Roanoke #3)
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 →