Climate twins of Lamesa, TX
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lamesa'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: Lamesa vs its climate twin
Top match: Lake Arthur, NM
| Month | Lamesa | Lake Arthur | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 55.3°F | 26.2°F | 0.60 in | 57.5°F | 23.3°F | 0.48 in |
| February | 60.2°F | 29.2°F | 0.71 in | 62.8°F | 27.4°F | 0.38 in |
| March | 68.5°F | 36.3°F | 1.01 in | 70.5°F | 34.5°F | 0.44 in |
| April | 77.4°F | 44.1°F | 0.88 in | 78.5°F | 41.6°F | 0.51 in |
| May | 85.1°F | 54.5°F | 2.09 in | 86.9°F | 52.3°F | 1.18 in |
| June | 92.4°F | 63.5°F | 2.36 in | 95.2°F | 61.9°F | 1.33 in |
| July | 94.3°F | 66.2°F | 1.45 in | 95.1°F | 65.9°F | 1.67 in |
| August | 93.1°F | 65.0°F | 1.60 in | 93.9°F | 64.3°F | 1.63 in |
| September | 85.4°F | 58.3°F | 2.89 in | 86.8°F | 56.5°F | 1.89 in |
| October | 76.4°F | 46.7°F | 1.41 in | 77.7°F | 43.8°F | 1.23 in |
| November | 64.7°F | 34.8°F | 1.04 in | 65.9°F | 31.6°F | 0.81 in |
| December | 56.3°F | 27.2°F | 0.80 in | 57.1°F | 23.8°F | 0.55 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 →