Climate twins of Ballinger, TX

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

Top match: Wellington, TX

Month Ballinger Wellington
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 59.0°F 31.2°F 1.01 in 56.2°F 27.9°F 0.73 in
February 63.1°F 35.2°F 1.52 in 60.1°F 31.3°F 0.86 in
March 70.5°F 43.2°F 1.79 in 70.2°F 38.9°F 1.34 in
April 79.4°F 50.9°F 1.56 in 78.8°F 47.4°F 1.86 in
May 85.9°F 60.7°F 3.08 in 86.6°F 57.3°F 3.24 in
June 92.2°F 68.5°F 3.07 in 94.6°F 66.4°F 3.32 in
July 95.5°F 71.5°F 1.67 in 98.7°F 70.1°F 2.15 in
August 95.1°F 71.1°F 2.41 in 97.6°F 69.1°F 1.92 in
September 88.2°F 64.1°F 2.57 in 90.1°F 61.8°F 2.35 in
October 79.4°F 52.6°F 2.20 in 78.7°F 49.6°F 2.25 in
November 68.0°F 41.5°F 1.45 in 66.2°F 37.6°F 1.19 in
December 59.9°F 32.8°F 1.04 in 56.3°F 30.0°F 0.87 in

Cities that consider Ballinger their climate twin

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

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 →