Climate twins of Amherst, TX

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

Top match: Guymon, OK

Month	Amherst			Guymon
	High	Low	Precip	High	Low	Precip
January	53.9°F	22.9°F	0.65 in	50.7°F	21.9°F	0.41 in
February	58.4°F	25.8°F	0.61 in	54.2°F	24.3°F	0.33 in
March	66.6°F	32.8°F	1.15 in	63.1°F	32.0°F	1.11 in
April	74.7°F	40.6°F	1.05 in	71.3°F	40.7°F	1.49 in
May	83.1°F	51.6°F	2.01 in	80.6°F	51.4°F	2.25 in
June	91.0°F	61.1°F	2.87 in	90.7°F	61.6°F	2.88 in
July	92.5°F	64.4°F	2.22 in	95.0°F	66.5°F	2.39 in
August	90.7°F	63.1°F	2.35 in	92.1°F	64.8°F	2.58 in
September	84.0°F	55.3°F	2.28 in	85.4°F	56.5°F	1.36 in
October	74.9°F	43.1°F	1.31 in	73.1°F	43.0°F	1.75 in
November	63.1°F	31.5°F	0.74 in	60.6°F	30.7°F	0.51 in
December	54.3°F	24.3°F	0.77 in	50.0°F	22.9°F	0.69 in

Cities that consider Amherst their climate twin

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

Santa Rosa, NM (ranks Amherst #3)
Cactus, TX (ranks Amherst #3)
Sunray, TX (ranks Amherst #3)
Dalhart, TX (ranks Amherst #3)

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 →