Climate twins of Rio Hondo, TX
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Rio Hondo'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: Rio Hondo vs its climate twin
Top match: Cotulla, TX
| Month | Rio Hondo | Cotulla | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 71.7°F | 49.8°F | 1.05 in | 67.4°F | 43.9°F | 0.85 in |
| February | 75.9°F | 53.9°F | 0.73 in | 73.6°F | 48.3°F | 1.26 in |
| March | 81.0°F | 59.4°F | 1.31 in | 79.7°F | 54.8°F | 1.57 in |
| April | 86.5°F | 65.2°F | 1.46 in | 86.0°F | 60.7°F | 1.33 in |
| May | 91.4°F | 71.0°F | 2.50 in | 92.8°F | 68.6°F | 3.01 in |
| June | 95.0°F | 74.6°F | 2.26 in | 97.9°F | 73.6°F | 2.20 in |
| July | 96.2°F | 75.3°F | 1.76 in | 99.2°F | 74.7°F | 2.26 in |
| August | 97.2°F | 75.3°F | 1.92 in | 100.3°F | 75.0°F | 1.67 in |
| September | 92.2°F | 72.5°F | 5.31 in | 93.9°F | 70.8°F | 2.98 in |
| October | 87.6°F | 65.6°F | 2.71 in | 86.6°F | 62.8°F | 2.39 in |
| November | 79.3°F | 57.4°F | 1.81 in | 75.7°F | 52.4°F | 1.15 in |
| December | 73.2°F | 51.6°F | 1.22 in | 68.7°F | 44.9°F | 1.01 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 →