Climate twins of Williamsburg, KY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Williamsburg'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: Williamsburg vs its climate twin
Top match: Damascus, VA
| Month | Williamsburg | Damascus | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 45.3°F | 24.8°F | 4.20 in | 44.9°F | 24.1°F | 3.80 in |
| February | 49.2°F | 26.6°F | 4.54 in | 48.4°F | 26.6°F | 3.85 in |
| March | 59.3°F | 33.0°F | 5.06 in | 57.0°F | 32.9°F | 4.46 in |
| April | 68.8°F | 41.0°F | 4.96 in | 67.7°F | 41.1°F | 4.42 in |
| May | 76.5°F | 52.1°F | 4.89 in | 75.2°F | 50.4°F | 4.39 in |
| June | 84.4°F | 60.6°F | 4.67 in | 81.8°F | 58.8°F | 4.26 in |
| July | 87.1°F | 63.4°F | 4.57 in | 84.7°F | 62.3°F | 4.69 in |
| August | 84.6°F | 62.3°F | 4.19 in | 83.9°F | 61.3°F | 3.84 in |
| September | 79.5°F | 54.7°F | 3.96 in | 79.1°F | 54.9°F | 3.32 in |
| October | 69.6°F | 44.0°F | 2.53 in | 68.8°F | 42.7°F | 2.78 in |
| November | 58.3°F | 33.3°F | 3.23 in | 57.4°F | 32.8°F | 3.25 in |
| December | 48.7°F | 27.8°F | 5.17 in | 47.8°F | 27.3°F | 4.21 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 →