Climate twins of Matador, TX
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Matador'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: Matador vs its climate twin
Top match: Denver City, TX
| Month | Matador | Denver City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 53.7°F | 28.4°F | 0.81 in | 55.9°F | 26.8°F | 0.68 in |
| February | 57.5°F | 30.3°F | 0.89 in | 60.8°F | 29.4°F | 0.77 in |
| March | 66.3°F | 37.9°F | 1.45 in | 68.7°F | 36.0°F | 1.10 in |
| April | 74.4°F | 45.6°F | 1.96 in | 76.7°F | 43.2°F | 1.21 in |
| May | 82.3°F | 56.0°F | 2.77 in | 83.9°F | 53.8°F | 2.01 in |
| June | 90.1°F | 64.9°F | 3.44 in | 91.8°F | 62.6°F | 2.27 in |
| July | 93.4°F | 69.0°F | 2.03 in | 92.6°F | 65.4°F | 2.45 in |
| August | 92.3°F | 67.8°F | 2.68 in | 91.3°F | 64.5°F | 2.44 in |
| September | 84.5°F | 59.9°F | 2.99 in | 84.6°F | 57.6°F | 2.74 in |
| October | 74.9°F | 48.7°F | 1.89 in | 76.4°F | 46.5°F | 1.63 in |
| November | 63.3°F | 37.5°F | 1.08 in | 64.8°F | 35.2°F | 1.00 in |
| December | 54.4°F | 30.0°F | 0.99 in | 56.6°F | 27.8°F | 0.75 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 →