Climate twins of Star City, WV
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Star City'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: Star City vs its climate twin
Top match: Jackson, OH
| Month | Star City | Jackson | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 38.7°F | 20.9°F | 3.55 in | 37.0°F | 20.8°F | 3.26 in |
| February | 42.7°F | 21.7°F | 3.14 in | 40.8°F | 22.8°F | 3.37 in |
| March | 51.2°F | 28.4°F | 3.95 in | 50.9°F | 30.4°F | 4.15 in |
| April | 64.1°F | 38.5°F | 4.10 in | 64.4°F | 40.1°F | 4.07 in |
| May | 72.4°F | 49.2°F | 4.24 in | 71.8°F | 49.6°F | 4.42 in |
| June | 79.7°F | 58.2°F | 4.49 in | 78.7°F | 58.0°F | 4.53 in |
| July | 83.4°F | 62.5°F | 4.72 in | 81.7°F | 62.2°F | 4.65 in |
| August | 81.9°F | 61.0°F | 3.65 in | 80.5°F | 60.8°F | 3.59 in |
| September | 76.7°F | 54.6°F | 3.33 in | 74.7°F | 53.8°F | 3.48 in |
| October | 65.3°F | 43.0°F | 2.86 in | 63.4°F | 42.2°F | 2.99 in |
| November | 53.1°F | 32.2°F | 3.01 in | 51.7°F | 32.4°F | 2.94 in |
| December | 43.3°F | 25.8°F | 3.47 in | 41.3°F | 26.0°F | 3.61 in |
Cities that consider Star City their climate twin
These US cities have Star City in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Star City would feel familiar.
- Beaver, OH (ranks Star City #2)
- Wellston, OH (ranks Star City #2)
- Coalton, OH (ranks Star City #2)
- Jackson, OH (ranks Star City #2)
- Logan, OH (ranks Star City #2)
- Albany, OH (ranks Star City #2)
- Rutland, OH (ranks Star City #2)
- Richlands, VA (ranks Star City #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 →