Climate twins of Mission, TX

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

Top match: Crystal City, TX

Month Mission Crystal City
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 71.4°F 49.4°F 0.65 in 66.8°F 43.9°F 1.04 in
February 76.2°F 53.4°F 0.64 in 72.2°F 48.5°F 0.85 in
March 81.5°F 59.2°F 1.04 in 78.9°F 55.1°F 1.70 in
April 86.8°F 65.4°F 1.37 in 86.1°F 61.8°F 1.31 in
May 91.6°F 71.4°F 1.39 in 91.1°F 69.6°F 2.23 in
June 96.4°F 75.6°F 3.05 in 96.4°F 74.6°F 2.07 in
July 97.5°F 76.7°F 1.62 in 97.3°F 75.5°F 2.07 in
August 98.9°F 77.0°F 1.45 in 99.1°F 75.8°F 1.92 in
September 94.0°F 73.4°F 3.81 in 92.9°F 71.5°F 2.43 in
October 89.1°F 66.4°F 2.04 in 85.0°F 63.6°F 2.00 in
November 79.5°F 57.3°F 1.05 in 74.1°F 53.2°F 1.00 in
December 72.6°F 50.7°F 0.57 in 67.7°F 45.1°F 0.84 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 →