Climate twins of Welch, WV
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Welch'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: Welch vs its climate twin
Top match: Farmington, WV
| Month | Welch | Farmington | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 41.3°F | 24.5°F | 3.85 in | 39.6°F | 24.0°F | 3.81 in |
| February | 45.7°F | 26.6°F | 3.52 in | 43.0°F | 25.5°F | 3.22 in |
| March | 54.8°F | 32.0°F | 4.33 in | 52.4°F | 32.6°F | 4.21 in |
| April | 67.2°F | 40.9°F | 4.20 in | 65.4°F | 42.4°F | 3.90 in |
| May | 74.2°F | 51.3°F | 5.05 in | 73.4°F | 51.6°F | 5.09 in |
| June | 80.6°F | 60.2°F | 4.75 in | 80.2°F | 59.8°F | 4.67 in |
| July | 83.4°F | 64.5°F | 5.47 in | 83.6°F | 63.7°F | 4.91 in |
| August | 82.4°F | 63.7°F | 4.23 in | 82.6°F | 62.5°F | 3.80 in |
| September | 76.8°F | 56.6°F | 3.39 in | 77.1°F | 55.8°F | 3.85 in |
| October | 66.3°F | 44.0°F | 2.90 in | 65.3°F | 44.5°F | 3.43 in |
| November | 54.6°F | 33.0°F | 2.82 in | 53.8°F | 35.5°F | 3.15 in |
| December | 44.4°F | 28.0°F | 4.03 in | 43.6°F | 28.7°F | 3.73 in |
Cities that consider Welch their climate twin
These US cities have Welch in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Welch would feel familiar.
- Barrackville, WV (ranks Welch #1)
- Fairmont, WV (ranks Welch #1)
- Farmington, WV (ranks Welch #1)
- Grant Town, WV (ranks Welch #1)
- Monongah, WV (ranks Welch #1)
- Pleasant Valley, WV (ranks Welch #1)
- Rivesville, WV (ranks Welch #1)
- Worthington, WV (ranks Welch #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 →