Climate twins of Dawson, TX
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Dawson'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: Dawson vs its climate twin
Top match: Lakeport, TX
| Month | Dawson | Lakeport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 57.1°F | 35.0°F | 2.84 in | 58.3°F | 36.7°F | 3.62 in |
| February | 61.7°F | 38.9°F | 3.13 in | 62.3°F | 40.2°F | 3.80 in |
| March | 68.2°F | 46.6°F | 3.61 in | 69.9°F | 47.3°F | 4.45 in |
| April | 76.1°F | 53.3°F | 3.36 in | 76.9°F | 54.1°F | 3.89 in |
| May | 83.2°F | 63.2°F | 4.50 in | 83.9°F | 63.2°F | 4.77 in |
| June | 90.8°F | 70.7°F | 4.43 in | 90.6°F | 70.4°F | 4.22 in |
| July | 95.0°F | 73.7°F | 1.88 in | 94.4°F | 73.5°F | 2.46 in |
| August | 95.8°F | 73.2°F | 2.44 in | 94.7°F | 72.8°F | 2.64 in |
| September | 89.3°F | 66.6°F | 3.23 in | 89.1°F | 66.2°F | 3.19 in |
| October | 79.3°F | 54.5°F | 4.58 in | 79.1°F | 54.9°F | 3.95 in |
| November | 67.5°F | 44.7°F | 3.03 in | 67.8°F | 44.9°F | 3.80 in |
| December | 59.2°F | 37.0°F | 3.51 in | 59.7°F | 38.5°F | 4.52 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 →