Climate twins of Sardinia, OH
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Sardinia'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: Sardinia vs its climate twin
Top match: Lost Creek, WV
| Month | Sardinia | Lost Creek | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 39.5°F | 17.2°F | 3.42 in | 39.7°F | 21.7°F | 3.54 in |
| February | 43.5°F | 20.0°F | 3.21 in | 43.2°F | 23.4°F | 3.39 in |
| March | 53.2°F | 26.9°F | 4.10 in | 52.2°F | 29.7°F | 4.17 in |
| April | 65.6°F | 36.9°F | 4.50 in | 65.4°F | 39.1°F | 4.08 in |
| May | 74.6°F | 48.3°F | 5.26 in | 74.7°F | 49.6°F | 4.78 in |
| June | 82.5°F | 56.5°F | 4.91 in | 82.1°F | 58.5°F | 4.85 in |
| July | 85.8°F | 60.4°F | 4.93 in | 85.1°F | 63.0°F | 5.33 in |
| August | 85.3°F | 57.9°F | 3.61 in | 83.6°F | 61.7°F | 3.96 in |
| September | 79.4°F | 49.9°F | 3.02 in | 77.4°F | 54.5°F | 3.67 in |
| October | 67.3°F | 39.0°F | 3.77 in | 65.6°F | 42.1°F | 3.34 in |
| November | 53.9°F | 30.3°F | 3.26 in | 53.4°F | 31.9°F | 3.32 in |
| December | 43.8°F | 21.4°F | 3.86 in | 44.0°F | 26.6°F | 3.81 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 →