Climate twins of Staunton, VA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Staunton'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: Staunton vs its climate twin
Top match: Rayland, OH
| Month | Staunton | Rayland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.4°F | 24.7°F | 2.88 in | 37.2°F | 22.2°F | 3.16 in |
| February | 45.8°F | 26.6°F | 2.38 in | 40.0°F | 23.4°F | 2.45 in |
| March | 53.8°F | 32.8°F | 3.43 in | 49.3°F | 30.0°F | 3.39 in |
| April | 64.7°F | 42.5°F | 3.26 in | 62.3°F | 39.8°F | 3.45 in |
| May | 72.7°F | 51.6°F | 4.06 in | 71.8°F | 50.4°F | 3.99 in |
| June | 80.3°F | 59.9°F | 4.11 in | 79.6°F | 59.6°F | 4.47 in |
| July | 84.1°F | 63.8°F | 4.15 in | 83.2°F | 64.3°F | 3.67 in |
| August | 82.7°F | 62.2°F | 3.97 in | 82.3°F | 63.1°F | 3.87 in |
| September | 76.7°F | 55.7°F | 4.21 in | 76.4°F | 56.6°F | 3.65 in |
| October | 66.4°F | 44.2°F | 2.61 in | 64.6°F | 45.0°F | 2.79 in |
| November | 55.2°F | 35.5°F | 2.62 in | 52.1°F | 34.6°F | 2.86 in |
| December | 45.8°F | 28.4°F | 2.96 in | 41.6°F | 27.6°F | 3.17 in |
Cities that consider Staunton their climate twin
These US cities have Staunton in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Staunton would feel familiar.
- Marshall, NC (ranks Staunton #2)
- Mars Hill, NC (ranks Staunton #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 →