Climate twins of Iowa Colony, TX

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

Top match: Lake Arthur, LA

Month Iowa Colony Lake Arthur
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 64.6°F 46.0°F 3.63 in 61.4°F 43.5°F 5.61 in
February 68.3°F 50.1°F 2.94 in 65.6°F 46.7°F 4.20 in
March 74.0°F 55.4°F 2.84 in 71.6°F 53.3°F 3.10 in
April 79.5°F 61.5°F 3.67 in 77.6°F 59.6°F 4.75 in
May 86.0°F 69.5°F 5.13 in 83.5°F 68.0°F 4.61 in
June 91.4°F 75.3°F 5.21 in 89.9°F 73.4°F 6.17 in
July 93.3°F 76.2°F 4.21 in 91.4°F 74.9°F 4.99 in
August 94.0°F 76.2°F 5.63 in 92.0°F 74.2°F 6.08 in
September 89.9°F 72.3°F 5.40 in 88.8°F 69.8°F 5.85 in
October 82.9°F 63.3°F 5.77 in 81.0°F 60.5°F 4.51 in
November 73.3°F 53.7°F 4.21 in 71.2°F 50.7°F 5.25 in
December 66.4°F 47.9°F 4.68 in 63.4°F 44.9°F 4.78 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 →