Climate twins of Appleby, TX

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

Top match: Metcalfe, MS

Month Appleby Metcalfe
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 57.7°F 36.4°F 4.46 in 53.0°F 35.1°F 4.49 in
February 62.3°F 39.7°F 4.21 in 57.9°F 37.9°F 4.72 in
March 69.3°F 46.0°F 4.47 in 66.0°F 45.2°F 4.71 in
April 76.3°F 53.3°F 4.01 in 74.5°F 53.5°F 5.01 in
May 82.8°F 63.4°F 4.53 in 82.7°F 62.4°F 3.79 in
June 89.0°F 71.4°F 4.09 in 89.4°F 69.3°F 3.32 in
July 92.6°F 73.7°F 2.88 in 92.5°F 72.4°F 3.18 in
August 93.3°F 73.1°F 3.66 in 92.3°F 70.9°F 2.83 in
September 87.8°F 66.9°F 4.07 in 88.0°F 64.0°F 3.62 in
October 78.2°F 55.6°F 4.34 in 77.2°F 53.0°F 4.22 in
November 67.8°F 44.7°F 4.44 in 64.7°F 42.4°F 4.01 in
December 59.5°F 37.5°F 4.78 in 55.2°F 37.1°F 5.10 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 →