Climate twins of Goldthwaite, TX

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

Top match: Jolly, TX

Month Goldthwaite Jolly
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 58.0°F 33.0°F 1.70 in 54.8°F 28.9°F 1.69 in
February 61.7°F 37.4°F 2.23 in 58.1°F 32.1°F 1.84 in
March 68.9°F 44.5°F 2.42 in 67.8°F 40.3°F 2.59 in
April 76.2°F 52.6°F 2.23 in 75.7°F 47.6°F 2.71 in
May 82.5°F 61.3°F 4.21 in 83.1°F 58.8°F 4.69 in
June 89.1°F 68.3°F 4.16 in 91.1°F 67.1°F 3.59 in
July 92.9°F 70.7°F 1.82 in 96.5°F 71.3°F 1.80 in
August 93.3°F 70.9°F 2.01 in 96.3°F 69.5°F 3.07 in
September 87.4°F 65.1°F 2.51 in 88.2°F 62.4°F 2.59 in
October 78.0°F 54.7°F 3.49 in 78.1°F 51.2°F 3.55 in
November 67.1°F 43.8°F 2.06 in 65.6°F 39.1°F 2.24 in
December 59.3°F 35.4°F 1.60 in 56.0°F 31.4°F 1.67 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 →