Climate twins of McLean, TX
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches McLean'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: McLean vs its climate twin
Top match: Wilmore, KS
| Month | McLean | Wilmore | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 52.4°F | 26.8°F | 0.91 in | 49.3°F | 23.9°F | 0.76 in |
| February | 56.4°F | 29.6°F | 0.86 in | 53.7°F | 26.7°F | 0.87 in |
| March | 66.1°F | 36.8°F | 1.61 in | 63.5°F | 35.7°F | 1.56 in |
| April | 74.0°F | 44.7°F | 2.41 in | 72.5°F | 44.7°F | 2.21 in |
| May | 81.1°F | 54.0°F | 3.91 in | 80.8°F | 55.3°F | 3.44 in |
| June | 88.5°F | 63.2°F | 3.43 in | 89.6°F | 64.9°F | 3.91 in |
| July | 91.8°F | 67.2°F | 2.99 in | 94.6°F | 69.5°F | 3.36 in |
| August | 91.4°F | 66.0°F | 3.18 in | 92.6°F | 68.0°F | 3.32 in |
| September | 84.9°F | 59.6°F | 2.48 in | 85.6°F | 59.9°F | 1.71 in |
| October | 74.4°F | 47.7°F | 2.66 in | 74.2°F | 47.4°F | 2.08 in |
| November | 62.9°F | 36.7°F | 0.96 in | 60.9°F | 34.9°F | 0.95 in |
| December | 52.3°F | 28.5°F | 0.98 in | 49.5°F | 25.8°F | 1.12 in |
Cities that consider McLean their climate twin
These US cities have McLean in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, McLean would feel familiar.
- Coldwater, KS (ranks McLean #2)
- Wilmore, KS (ranks McLean #2)
- Hydro, OK (ranks McLean #1)
- Geary, OK (ranks McLean #1)
- Bridgeport, OK (ranks McLean #1)
- Greenfield, OK (ranks McLean #1)
- Watonga, OK (ranks McLean #1)
- Hitchcock, OK (ranks McLean #1)
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 →