Climate twins of Iola, TX
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Iola'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: Iola vs its climate twin
Top match: Yantis, TX
| Month | Iola | Yantis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 61.8°F | 36.6°F | 4.36 in | 54.9°F | 34.9°F | 3.41 in |
| February | 65.7°F | 40.7°F | 3.35 in | 59.1°F | 38.7°F | 3.39 in |
| March | 72.4°F | 47.0°F | 3.38 in | 66.3°F | 46.5°F | 4.16 in |
| April | 79.1°F | 53.9°F | 3.40 in | 74.4°F | 53.4°F | 3.93 in |
| May | 85.4°F | 62.6°F | 4.86 in | 81.3°F | 62.6°F | 4.97 in |
| June | 91.5°F | 69.2°F | 3.76 in | 88.7°F | 70.2°F | 3.89 in |
| July | 94.7°F | 71.6°F | 2.91 in | 92.7°F | 73.3°F | 2.71 in |
| August | 96.1°F | 71.2°F | 3.42 in | 93.4°F | 72.7°F | 2.71 in |
| September | 91.0°F | 65.4°F | 3.87 in | 87.2°F | 65.8°F | 3.26 in |
| October | 82.1°F | 54.9°F | 4.72 in | 77.2°F | 55.2°F | 4.70 in |
| November | 71.1°F | 44.7°F | 4.34 in | 65.9°F | 45.6°F | 3.70 in |
| December | 63.6°F | 37.9°F | 4.40 in | 57.3°F | 37.8°F | 4.31 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 →