Climate twins of Palestine, TX
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Palestine'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: Palestine vs its climate twin
Top match: Metcalfe, MS
| Month | Palestine | Metcalfe | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 58.9°F | 35.2°F | 4.05 in | 53.0°F | 35.1°F | 4.49 in |
| February | 62.7°F | 38.9°F | 3.87 in | 57.9°F | 37.9°F | 4.72 in |
| March | 70.1°F | 45.3°F | 4.11 in | 66.0°F | 45.2°F | 4.71 in |
| April | 76.9°F | 52.5°F | 4.13 in | 74.5°F | 53.5°F | 5.01 in |
| May | 83.6°F | 62.1°F | 4.32 in | 82.7°F | 62.4°F | 3.79 in |
| June | 89.9°F | 69.3°F | 4.50 in | 89.4°F | 69.3°F | 3.32 in |
| July | 93.9°F | 72.3°F | 2.57 in | 92.5°F | 72.4°F | 3.18 in |
| August | 94.7°F | 71.3°F | 3.66 in | 92.3°F | 70.9°F | 2.83 in |
| September | 89.0°F | 64.8°F | 3.31 in | 88.0°F | 64.0°F | 3.62 in |
| October | 79.9°F | 54.2°F | 4.23 in | 77.2°F | 53.0°F | 4.22 in |
| November | 68.1°F | 43.6°F | 3.85 in | 64.7°F | 42.4°F | 4.01 in |
| December | 60.4°F | 36.8°F | 4.20 in | 55.2°F | 37.1°F | 5.10 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 →