Climate twins of Saltville, VA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Saltville'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: Saltville vs its climate twin
Top match: Sand Fork, WV
| Month | Saltville | Sand Fork | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 44.2°F | 23.2°F | 3.80 in | 42.0°F | 22.4°F | 3.50 in |
| February | 48.0°F | 25.3°F | 3.77 in | 45.8°F | 24.2°F | 3.28 in |
| March | 56.9°F | 31.0°F | 4.35 in | 54.9°F | 30.3°F | 4.34 in |
| April | 67.5°F | 39.0°F | 4.28 in | 67.3°F | 39.4°F | 3.87 in |
| May | 75.0°F | 48.9°F | 4.30 in | 75.0°F | 49.7°F | 5.01 in |
| June | 81.5°F | 57.5°F | 4.39 in | 81.9°F | 59.1°F | 4.67 in |
| July | 84.4°F | 61.8°F | 5.14 in | 85.2°F | 63.4°F | 4.93 in |
| August | 83.7°F | 60.6°F | 4.53 in | 84.6°F | 62.2°F | 3.95 in |
| September | 79.0°F | 54.0°F | 3.46 in | 79.2°F | 54.7°F | 3.64 in |
| October | 68.8°F | 41.2°F | 2.97 in | 68.5°F | 42.6°F | 3.11 in |
| November | 57.5°F | 30.6°F | 3.04 in | 56.4°F | 32.0°F | 3.14 in |
| December | 47.6°F | 26.1°F | 4.12 in | 45.9°F | 26.8°F | 3.67 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 →