Climate twins of Rising Star, TX
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Rising Star'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: Rising Star vs its climate twin
Top match: Waurika, OK
| Month | Rising Star | Waurika | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 57.0°F | 30.6°F | 1.26 in | 55.1°F | 31.1°F | 1.56 in |
| February | 60.7°F | 34.2°F | 1.89 in | 59.7°F | 34.8°F | 1.77 in |
| March | 68.4°F | 42.4°F | 2.48 in | 69.1°F | 42.9°F | 2.50 in |
| April | 76.8°F | 49.5°F | 2.36 in | 76.5°F | 51.2°F | 3.10 in |
| May | 83.9°F | 59.6°F | 4.95 in | 83.4°F | 60.7°F | 4.32 in |
| June | 90.3°F | 67.7°F | 3.67 in | 91.2°F | 69.1°F | 3.87 in |
| July | 94.4°F | 70.2°F | 2.28 in | 97.0°F | 72.8°F | 2.34 in |
| August | 94.9°F | 69.3°F | 2.80 in | 96.3°F | 72.1°F | 2.96 in |
| September | 87.4°F | 62.6°F | 2.99 in | 88.1°F | 64.7°F | 3.11 in |
| October | 78.6°F | 52.2°F | 2.83 in | 77.4°F | 52.9°F | 2.93 in |
| November | 67.2°F | 40.7°F | 2.15 in | 64.8°F | 41.8°F | 2.09 in |
| December | 58.3°F | 33.5°F | 1.66 in | 55.9°F | 32.9°F | 1.65 in |
Cities that consider Rising Star their climate twin
These US cities have Rising Star in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Rising Star would feel familiar.
- Addington, OK (ranks Rising Star #2)
- Hastings, OK (ranks Rising Star #2)
- Waurika, OK (ranks Rising Star #1)
- Medicine Park, OK (ranks Rising Star #1)
- Cache, OK (ranks Rising Star #1)
- Kerrville, TX (ranks Rising Star #1)
- Indiahoma, OK (ranks Rising Star #1)
- Faxon, OK (ranks Rising Star #1)
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 →