Climate twins of Thomas, WV
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Thomas'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: Thomas vs its climate twin
Top match: Beech Mountain, NC
| Month | Thomas | Beech Mountain | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 31.9°F | 15.9°F | 6.20 in | 34.8°F | 20.0°F | 5.18 in |
| February | 34.9°F | 17.5°F | 5.28 in | 36.9°F | 21.8°F | 4.21 in |
| March | 42.9°F | 24.0°F | 5.90 in | 43.4°F | 27.7°F | 4.81 in |
| April | 55.8°F | 34.3°F | 5.31 in | 53.3°F | 36.4°F | 4.92 in |
| May | 64.4°F | 44.9°F | 5.70 in | 60.7°F | 46.0°F | 5.71 in |
| June | 71.5°F | 52.8°F | 6.21 in | 65.9°F | 53.6°F | 4.94 in |
| July | 75.3°F | 56.6°F | 6.27 in | 68.9°F | 57.3°F | 5.97 in |
| August | 73.6°F | 55.2°F | 4.49 in | 67.7°F | 56.1°F | 4.96 in |
| September | 68.1°F | 49.5°F | 4.07 in | 63.4°F | 50.5°F | 4.99 in |
| October | 57.3°F | 38.4°F | 4.09 in | 55.0°F | 40.6°F | 3.75 in |
| November | 45.7°F | 28.7°F | 4.12 in | 45.6°F | 30.9°F | 3.50 in |
| December | 36.4°F | 21.2°F | 5.52 in | 38.8°F | 24.4°F | 4.84 in |
Cities that consider Thomas their climate twin
These US cities have Thomas in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Thomas would feel familiar.
- Pittman Center, TN (ranks Thomas #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 →