Climate twins of Childress, TX
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Childress'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: Childress vs its climate twin
Top match: Clyde, TX
| Month | Childress | Clyde | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 54.6°F | 29.0°F | 0.77 in | 57.7°F | 30.3°F | 1.12 in |
| February | 58.3°F | 32.2°F | 0.89 in | 61.8°F | 33.6°F | 1.60 in |
| March | 67.7°F | 40.2°F | 1.36 in | 69.0°F | 40.8°F | 1.87 in |
| April | 76.2°F | 48.4°F | 2.30 in | 77.7°F | 48.9°F | 1.96 in |
| May | 84.1°F | 58.7°F | 3.50 in | 85.0°F | 58.9°F | 3.65 in |
| June | 92.0°F | 67.7°F | 3.75 in | 91.8°F | 66.9°F | 3.51 in |
| July | 95.9°F | 71.5°F | 1.96 in | 94.8°F | 70.3°F | 2.50 in |
| August | 94.5°F | 69.9°F | 2.80 in | 94.5°F | 69.6°F | 3.17 in |
| September | 86.7°F | 62.0°F | 2.38 in | 88.1°F | 62.0°F | 2.87 in |
| October | 76.3°F | 50.0°F | 1.95 in | 78.8°F | 51.1°F | 2.74 in |
| November | 64.5°F | 38.6°F | 1.19 in | 67.4°F | 40.0°F | 1.52 in |
| December | 55.0°F | 30.6°F | 0.82 in | 58.5°F | 31.6°F | 1.24 in |
Cities that consider Childress their climate twin
These US cities have Childress in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Childress would feel familiar.
- Robert Lee, TX (ranks Childress #3)
- Colorado City, TX (ranks Childress #3)
- Loraine, TX (ranks Childress #3)
- Westbrook, TX (ranks Childress #3)
- Big Spring, TX (ranks Childress #3)
- Sterling City, TX (ranks Childress #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 →