Climate twins of Gilmer, TX

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Gilmer'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: Gilmer vs its climate twin

Top match: Metcalfe, MS

Month Gilmer Metcalfe
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 55.6°F 32.7°F 3.76 in 53.0°F 35.1°F 4.49 in
February 60.2°F 35.2°F 4.09 in 57.9°F 37.9°F 4.72 in
March 67.0°F 42.6°F 4.22 in 66.0°F 45.2°F 4.71 in
April 74.5°F 49.3°F 4.66 in 74.5°F 53.5°F 5.01 in
May 81.6°F 59.3°F 4.49 in 82.7°F 62.4°F 3.79 in
June 88.6°F 67.2°F 4.07 in 89.4°F 69.3°F 3.32 in
July 92.6°F 70.5°F 3.05 in 92.5°F 72.4°F 3.18 in
August 92.2°F 69.4°F 3.01 in 92.3°F 70.9°F 2.83 in
September 87.4°F 62.2°F 3.68 in 88.0°F 64.0°F 3.62 in
October 77.2°F 51.4°F 4.57 in 77.2°F 53.0°F 4.22 in
November 65.5°F 41.2°F 3.81 in 64.7°F 42.4°F 4.01 in
December 57.4°F 34.0°F 4.51 in 55.2°F 37.1°F 5.10 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 →