Climate twins of Big Spring, TX
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Big Spring'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: Big Spring vs its climate twin
Top match: Wellington, TX
| Month | Big Spring | Wellington | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 58.0°F | 31.4°F | 0.73 in | 56.2°F | 27.9°F | 0.73 in |
| February | 62.5°F | 34.7°F | 0.80 in | 60.1°F | 31.3°F | 0.86 in |
| March | 71.0°F | 42.4°F | 1.15 in | 70.2°F | 38.9°F | 1.34 in |
| April | 79.4°F | 50.1°F | 1.55 in | 78.8°F | 47.4°F | 1.86 in |
| May | 87.0°F | 59.5°F | 2.54 in | 86.6°F | 57.3°F | 3.24 in |
| June | 93.8°F | 68.2°F | 2.49 in | 94.6°F | 66.4°F | 3.32 in |
| July | 95.8°F | 72.1°F | 1.58 in | 98.7°F | 70.1°F | 2.15 in |
| August | 94.7°F | 71.5°F | 2.40 in | 97.6°F | 69.1°F | 1.92 in |
| September | 87.9°F | 63.6°F | 2.39 in | 90.1°F | 61.8°F | 2.35 in |
| October | 79.1°F | 53.1°F | 1.84 in | 78.7°F | 49.6°F | 2.25 in |
| November | 67.1°F | 40.7°F | 1.35 in | 66.2°F | 37.6°F | 1.19 in |
| December | 58.2°F | 32.8°F | 0.78 in | 56.3°F | 30.0°F | 0.87 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 →