Climate twins of Opdyke West, TX
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Opdyke West'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: Opdyke West vs its climate twin
Top match: Sanford, TX
| Month | Opdyke West | Sanford | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 53.7°F | 25.2°F | 0.66 in | 52.0°F | 21.4°F | 0.60 in |
| February | 58.5°F | 28.2°F | 0.60 in | 55.4°F | 23.5°F | 0.48 in |
| March | 66.5°F | 35.0°F | 1.12 in | 64.9°F | 31.4°F | 1.20 in |
| April | 75.2°F | 42.6°F | 1.00 in | 73.3°F | 39.7°F | 1.73 in |
| May | 83.7°F | 53.4°F | 2.40 in | 82.7°F | 50.4°F | 2.30 in |
| June | 91.3°F | 62.8°F | 2.67 in | 92.4°F | 61.1°F | 2.99 in |
| July | 92.4°F | 65.6°F | 2.06 in | 96.6°F | 65.6°F | 2.29 in |
| August | 90.5°F | 64.1°F | 2.29 in | 94.1°F | 64.3°F | 2.93 in |
| September | 83.5°F | 57.0°F | 2.29 in | 86.7°F | 56.6°F | 1.55 in |
| October | 74.7°F | 45.3°F | 1.53 in | 75.2°F | 43.4°F | 1.89 in |
| November | 62.7°F | 33.6°F | 0.87 in | 62.6°F | 30.6°F | 0.70 in |
| December | 54.4°F | 26.6°F | 0.78 in | 52.3°F | 22.8°F | 0.56 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 →