Climate twins of Crane, TX

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Crane'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.

Rank 1 closest
Socorro, TX
similarity distance: 1.339 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Horizon City, TX
similarity distance: 1.339 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
El Paso, TX
similarity distance: 1.339 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Crane vs its climate twin

Top match: Socorro, TX

Month Crane Socorro
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 60.0°F 32.2°F 0.74 in 58.6°F 34.5°F 0.39 in
February 64.8°F 35.4°F 0.53 in 64.1°F 38.9°F 0.40 in
March 72.7°F 45.2°F 0.54 in 71.9°F 45.5°F 0.24 in
April 82.0°F 52.5°F 0.69 in 80.0°F 53.3°F 0.17 in
May 88.8°F 62.8°F 1.32 in 88.7°F 62.1°F 0.43 in
June 94.8°F 70.7°F 1.20 in 97.1°F 70.6°F 0.73 in
July 95.4°F 73.0°F 0.96 in 95.8°F 73.0°F 1.58 in
August 95.2°F 72.6°F 1.39 in 94.0°F 71.8°F 1.67 in
September 88.2°F 64.2°F 1.74 in 88.3°F 65.4°F 1.52 in
October 80.2°F 54.7°F 1.55 in 79.4°F 54.0°F 0.59 in
November 68.6°F 42.8°F 0.84 in 67.0°F 42.0°F 0.43 in
December 60.2°F 33.1°F 0.63 in 57.8°F 34.4°F 0.63 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 →