Climate twins of Rusk, TX
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Rusk'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: Rusk vs its climate twin
Top match: Smackover, AR
| Month | Rusk | Smackover | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 55.6°F | 37.3°F | 4.36 in | 55.9°F | 33.6°F | 4.39 in |
| February | 59.5°F | 40.5°F | 4.26 in | 60.2°F | 36.8°F | 4.47 in |
| March | 66.9°F | 47.3°F | 4.46 in | 68.7°F | 44.0°F | 5.10 in |
| April | 74.0°F | 54.3°F | 4.04 in | 76.4°F | 51.3°F | 5.39 in |
| May | 80.7°F | 62.9°F | 4.58 in | 83.5°F | 60.5°F | 4.81 in |
| June | 87.1°F | 69.9°F | 4.51 in | 90.5°F | 68.0°F | 3.88 in |
| July | 90.7°F | 72.1°F | 3.38 in | 93.6°F | 71.3°F | 3.43 in |
| August | 91.7°F | 71.9°F | 3.35 in | 93.5°F | 70.2°F | 3.40 in |
| September | 86.2°F | 66.8°F | 3.67 in | 88.2°F | 63.4°F | 3.23 in |
| October | 76.4°F | 56.8°F | 4.65 in | 77.6°F | 51.5°F | 4.58 in |
| November | 65.3°F | 46.9°F | 3.98 in | 66.0°F | 41.6°F | 3.83 in |
| December | 57.5°F | 39.8°F | 4.88 in | 58.0°F | 35.6°F | 5.61 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 →