Climate twins of Plainview, TX

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

Top match: Guymon, OK

Month Plainview Guymon
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 52.3°F 26.1°F 0.68 in 50.7°F 21.9°F 0.41 in
February 56.7°F 28.9°F 0.60 in 54.2°F 24.3°F 0.33 in
March 65.1°F 36.3°F 1.25 in 63.1°F 32.0°F 1.11 in
April 73.4°F 43.9°F 1.52 in 71.3°F 40.7°F 1.49 in
May 81.8°F 54.7°F 2.86 in 80.6°F 51.4°F 2.25 in
June 90.2°F 64.1°F 2.74 in 90.7°F 61.6°F 2.88 in
July 92.4°F 67.9°F 2.38 in 95.0°F 66.5°F 2.39 in
August 91.0°F 66.3°F 2.12 in 92.1°F 64.8°F 2.58 in
September 83.8°F 58.8°F 1.99 in 85.4°F 56.5°F 1.36 in
October 74.0°F 46.7°F 1.63 in 73.1°F 43.0°F 1.75 in
November 61.8°F 35.1°F 0.83 in 60.6°F 30.7°F 0.51 in
December 52.8°F 27.6°F 0.73 in 50.0°F 22.9°F 0.69 in

Cities that consider Plainview their climate twin

These US cities have Plainview in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Plainview would feel familiar.

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 →