Climate twins of Wellston, OH

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

Top match: Westover, WV

Month Wellston Westover
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 37.0°F 20.8°F 3.26 in 38.7°F 20.9°F 3.55 in
February 40.8°F 22.8°F 3.37 in 42.7°F 21.7°F 3.14 in
March 50.9°F 30.4°F 4.15 in 51.2°F 28.4°F 3.95 in
April 64.4°F 40.1°F 4.07 in 64.1°F 38.5°F 4.10 in
May 71.8°F 49.6°F 4.42 in 72.4°F 49.2°F 4.24 in
June 78.7°F 58.0°F 4.53 in 79.7°F 58.2°F 4.49 in
July 81.7°F 62.2°F 4.65 in 83.4°F 62.5°F 4.72 in
August 80.5°F 60.8°F 3.59 in 81.9°F 61.0°F 3.65 in
September 74.7°F 53.8°F 3.48 in 76.7°F 54.6°F 3.33 in
October 63.4°F 42.2°F 2.99 in 65.3°F 43.0°F 2.86 in
November 51.7°F 32.4°F 2.94 in 53.1°F 32.2°F 3.01 in
December 41.3°F 26.0°F 3.61 in 43.3°F 25.8°F 3.47 in

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 →