Climate twins of West Point, KY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches West Point'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: West Point vs its climate twin
Top match: Rosiclare, IL
| Month | West Point | Rosiclare | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 43.0°F | 22.7°F | 3.96 in | 41.2°F | 22.4°F | 3.90 in |
| February | 47.3°F | 25.3°F | 3.52 in | 46.2°F | 25.1°F | 3.71 in |
| March | 56.9°F | 32.6°F | 4.94 in | 56.3°F | 33.3°F | 5.08 in |
| April | 69.2°F | 42.1°F | 5.37 in | 67.6°F | 42.6°F | 5.12 in |
| May | 76.3°F | 52.7°F | 6.03 in | 75.2°F | 52.6°F | 5.35 in |
| June | 83.2°F | 61.0°F | 4.50 in | 83.0°F | 61.5°F | 4.61 in |
| July | 86.4°F | 65.1°F | 4.92 in | 86.4°F | 65.2°F | 4.40 in |
| August | 85.9°F | 63.3°F | 3.59 in | 86.1°F | 63.0°F | 3.24 in |
| September | 80.3°F | 55.8°F | 3.84 in | 80.4°F | 55.1°F | 3.24 in |
| October | 69.1°F | 44.2°F | 3.92 in | 69.2°F | 42.9°F | 3.57 in |
| November | 56.1°F | 33.8°F | 3.95 in | 55.9°F | 33.4°F | 4.23 in |
| December | 46.0°F | 27.0°F | 4.76 in | 45.2°F | 26.3°F | 4.44 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 →