Climate twins of Smithfield, WV
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Smithfield'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: Smithfield vs its climate twin
Top match: Olive Hill, KY
| Month | Smithfield | Olive Hill | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 38.3°F | 18.7°F | 4.41 in | 39.9°F | 21.1°F | 3.35 in |
| February | 42.1°F | 20.3°F | 3.99 in | 44.7°F | 23.1°F | 3.29 in |
| March | 52.4°F | 27.1°F | 4.36 in | 53.7°F | 29.3°F | 4.92 in |
| April | 65.7°F | 36.2°F | 4.32 in | 66.3°F | 38.3°F | 4.39 in |
| May | 74.1°F | 46.7°F | 4.92 in | 74.1°F | 49.8°F | 4.91 in |
| June | 80.9°F | 55.3°F | 4.44 in | 79.4°F | 58.6°F | 5.14 in |
| July | 84.1°F | 60.0°F | 5.64 in | 81.9°F | 63.0°F | 6.05 in |
| August | 83.1°F | 58.3°F | 4.10 in | 81.7°F | 60.3°F | 4.08 in |
| September | 77.1°F | 50.5°F | 4.17 in | 75.9°F | 53.5°F | 3.67 in |
| October | 65.7°F | 38.7°F | 3.37 in | 65.6°F | 40.5°F | 3.05 in |
| November | 52.8°F | 29.4°F | 3.57 in | 54.1°F | 30.4°F | 2.97 in |
| December | 42.5°F | 23.9°F | 4.15 in | 44.0°F | 25.7°F | 4.00 in |
Cities that consider Smithfield their climate twin
These US cities have Smithfield in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Smithfield would feel familiar.
- Coeburn, VA (ranks Smithfield #1)
- Dungannon, VA (ranks Smithfield #1)
- Norton, VA (ranks Smithfield #1)
- Wise, VA (ranks Smithfield #1)
- Canton, NC (ranks Smithfield #2)
- Clyde, NC (ranks Smithfield #2)
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 →