Climate twins of DeSoto, TX
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches DeSoto'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: DeSoto vs its climate twin
Top match: Somerville, TX
| Month | DeSoto | Somerville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 57.4°F | 37.8°F | 2.55 in | 62.4°F | 34.7°F | 3.17 in |
| February | 61.5°F | 41.1°F | 2.57 in | 65.9°F | 38.9°F | 2.92 in |
| March | 69.0°F | 48.3°F | 3.57 in | 72.8°F | 45.6°F | 3.22 in |
| April | 76.2°F | 55.2°F | 3.70 in | 79.8°F | 52.7°F | 3.33 in |
| May | 83.6°F | 64.2°F | 4.34 in | 86.9°F | 61.5°F | 4.73 in |
| June | 91.4°F | 72.0°F | 3.87 in | 93.3°F | 68.2°F | 3.94 in |
| July | 95.9°F | 75.4°F | 1.91 in | 96.6°F | 70.4°F | 1.88 in |
| August | 96.4°F | 75.0°F | 1.80 in | 97.8°F | 70.0°F | 2.81 in |
| September | 89.3°F | 68.2°F | 2.95 in | 92.1°F | 64.1°F | 3.41 in |
| October | 78.8°F | 57.5°F | 4.54 in | 83.4°F | 53.1°F | 4.34 in |
| November | 67.3°F | 47.1°F | 2.78 in | 72.3°F | 44.2°F | 3.55 in |
| December | 58.8°F | 39.3°F | 3.08 in | 64.4°F | 36.8°F | 3.65 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 →