Climate twins of China, TX
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches China'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: China vs its climate twin
Top match: Henderson, LA
| Month | China | Henderson | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 62.0°F | 42.2°F | 4.77 in | 62.2°F | 43.5°F | 5.92 in |
| February | 65.6°F | 46.2°F | 3.62 in | 66.1°F | 47.4°F | 4.07 in |
| March | 72.0°F | 52.7°F | 3.89 in | 72.6°F | 53.3°F | 3.72 in |
| April | 78.0°F | 59.1°F | 3.65 in | 79.0°F | 59.3°F | 4.91 in |
| May | 84.7°F | 66.8°F | 5.06 in | 85.9°F | 67.2°F | 5.44 in |
| June | 90.0°F | 72.6°F | 7.57 in | 90.2°F | 73.1°F | 7.09 in |
| July | 91.9°F | 74.4°F | 5.39 in | 91.5°F | 75.1°F | 6.27 in |
| August | 92.6°F | 73.9°F | 6.43 in | 92.3°F | 74.7°F | 6.26 in |
| September | 88.5°F | 69.4°F | 6.55 in | 89.0°F | 70.4°F | 5.02 in |
| October | 81.3°F | 59.9°F | 5.30 in | 81.3°F | 60.1°F | 4.76 in |
| November | 71.4°F | 50.5°F | 4.68 in | 71.5°F | 50.2°F | 4.39 in |
| December | 64.0°F | 44.3°F | 5.04 in | 64.4°F | 45.3°F | 4.96 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 →