Climate twins of Waverly, VA

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Waverly'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: Waverly vs its climate twin

Top match: Magnolia, NC

Month Waverly Magnolia
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 49.8°F 28.2°F 3.83 in 51.6°F 29.5°F 3.59 in
February 53.0°F 30.1°F 2.80 in 54.5°F 31.4°F 3.15 in
March 61.1°F 35.8°F 4.22 in 62.1°F 37.0°F 3.97 in
April 71.4°F 45.2°F 3.76 in 70.8°F 45.8°F 3.30 in
May 78.6°F 54.7°F 4.15 in 77.9°F 55.0°F 3.90 in
June 85.8°F 63.3°F 4.77 in 84.5°F 63.5°F 5.06 in
July 89.7°F 68.0°F 5.47 in 88.0°F 67.9°F 6.06 in
August 87.7°F 66.3°F 5.50 in 86.0°F 66.2°F 5.60 in
September 81.8°F 60.2°F 6.05 in 80.9°F 61.0°F 7.04 in
October 72.0°F 48.0°F 3.95 in 72.0°F 48.4°F 3.41 in
November 62.0°F 37.6°F 3.17 in 62.3°F 38.2°F 3.46 in
December 53.1°F 31.4°F 3.73 in 54.8°F 32.5°F 3.42 in

Cities that consider Waverly their climate twin

These US cities have Waverly in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Waverly would feel familiar.

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 →