Climate twins of St. Paul, VA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches St. Paul'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: St. Paul vs its climate twin
Top match: St. Marys, WV
| Month | St. Paul | St. Marys | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 40.2°F | 24.4°F | 3.62 in | 39.4°F | 21.6°F | 3.50 in |
| February | 44.2°F | 27.0°F | 3.74 in | 43.2°F | 23.1°F | 3.21 in |
| March | 52.2°F | 33.7°F | 4.47 in | 52.8°F | 29.8°F | 3.97 in |
| April | 62.9°F | 43.6°F | 4.06 in | 65.9°F | 39.5°F | 3.70 in |
| May | 70.6°F | 52.4°F | 4.48 in | 74.0°F | 50.2°F | 4.67 in |
| June | 77.3°F | 61.2°F | 4.91 in | 81.2°F | 59.2°F | 4.69 in |
| July | 79.9°F | 64.0°F | 5.13 in | 84.3°F | 63.7°F | 4.86 in |
| August | 80.3°F | 63.1°F | 4.18 in | 83.5°F | 62.3°F | 4.18 in |
| September | 74.9°F | 57.7°F | 3.53 in | 77.9°F | 55.1°F | 3.30 in |
| October | 64.2°F | 47.1°F | 2.75 in | 66.6°F | 43.2°F | 2.89 in |
| November | 52.5°F | 36.2°F | 2.91 in | 54.2°F | 32.5°F | 2.85 in |
| December | 43.5°F | 29.4°F | 3.90 in | 43.9°F | 26.5°F | 3.58 in |
Cities that consider St. Paul their climate twin
These US cities have St. Paul in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, St. Paul would feel familiar.
- Belmont, WV (ranks St. Paul #3)
- St. Marys, WV (ranks St. Paul #3)
- Friendly, WV (ranks St. Paul #1)
- Middlebourne, WV (ranks St. Paul #1)
- Pine Grove, WV (ranks St. Paul #2)
- Sistersville, WV (ranks St. Paul #1)
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 →