Climate twins of Sophia, WV
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Sophia'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: Sophia vs its climate twin
Top match: Luke, MD
| Month | Sophia | Luke | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 39.6°F | 19.3°F | 3.09 in | 36.0°F | 20.3°F | 2.99 in |
| February | 43.2°F | 20.9°F | 2.87 in | 39.2°F | 21.4°F | 2.64 in |
| March | 51.4°F | 26.8°F | 3.79 in | 47.7°F | 28.1°F | 3.29 in |
| April | 63.4°F | 35.9°F | 3.78 in | 60.8°F | 37.4°F | 3.66 in |
| May | 70.9°F | 45.7°F | 4.56 in | 69.3°F | 47.2°F | 4.58 in |
| June | 76.1°F | 54.1°F | 4.12 in | 77.0°F | 55.8°F | 4.62 in |
| July | 79.1°F | 58.1°F | 5.36 in | 81.1°F | 60.1°F | 4.14 in |
| August | 78.1°F | 56.6°F | 3.73 in | 79.7°F | 58.7°F | 3.46 in |
| September | 73.2°F | 50.2°F | 3.31 in | 73.4°F | 52.0°F | 3.75 in |
| October | 63.1°F | 38.8°F | 2.56 in | 61.8°F | 40.9°F | 2.93 in |
| November | 52.9°F | 28.6°F | 2.66 in | 50.1°F | 31.8°F | 2.44 in |
| December | 43.3°F | 23.3°F | 3.53 in | 39.8°F | 25.3°F | 2.91 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 →