Climate twins of Elkhart, TX
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Elkhart'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: Elkhart vs its climate twin
Top match: Ravenna, TX
| Month | Elkhart | Ravenna | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 58.9°F | 35.2°F | 4.05 in | 52.9°F | 32.7°F | 2.81 in |
| February | 62.7°F | 38.9°F | 3.87 in | 57.3°F | 36.0°F | 3.10 in |
| March | 70.1°F | 45.3°F | 4.11 in | 65.2°F | 43.6°F | 4.30 in |
| April | 76.9°F | 52.5°F | 4.13 in | 73.4°F | 51.4°F | 4.01 in |
| May | 83.6°F | 62.1°F | 4.32 in | 80.6°F | 61.4°F | 4.94 in |
| June | 89.9°F | 69.3°F | 4.50 in | 88.9°F | 69.6°F | 4.46 in |
| July | 93.9°F | 72.3°F | 2.57 in | 93.6°F | 73.4°F | 3.21 in |
| August | 94.7°F | 71.3°F | 3.66 in | 93.8°F | 72.4°F | 2.89 in |
| September | 89.0°F | 64.8°F | 3.31 in | 86.9°F | 64.8°F | 4.07 in |
| October | 79.9°F | 54.2°F | 4.23 in | 76.5°F | 53.2°F | 4.58 in |
| November | 68.1°F | 43.6°F | 3.85 in | 64.5°F | 42.3°F | 3.48 in |
| December | 60.4°F | 36.8°F | 4.20 in | 54.9°F | 34.8°F | 3.66 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 →