Climate twins of Shiner, TX
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Shiner'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: Shiner vs its climate twin
Top match: South Mountain, TX
| Month | Shiner | South Mountain | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 63.3°F | 41.0°F | 2.87 in | 60.3°F | 35.8°F | 2.32 in |
| February | 66.7°F | 45.0°F | 1.92 in | 64.4°F | 39.0°F | 2.54 in |
| March | 73.1°F | 51.6°F | 3.26 in | 71.2°F | 47.0°F | 3.22 in |
| April | 79.3°F | 57.6°F | 3.44 in | 78.0°F | 54.2°F | 3.19 in |
| May | 85.9°F | 66.1°F | 3.80 in | 84.5°F | 63.3°F | 4.14 in |
| June | 91.1°F | 71.2°F | 4.37 in | 90.8°F | 70.0°F | 3.39 in |
| July | 93.9°F | 72.5°F | 2.83 in | 95.1°F | 72.1°F | 2.97 in |
| August | 95.5°F | 72.4°F | 3.48 in | 96.2°F | 71.7°F | 2.97 in |
| September | 90.3°F | 68.3°F | 3.84 in | 89.6°F | 65.2°F | 2.94 in |
| October | 82.8°F | 59.0°F | 4.44 in | 79.8°F | 55.2°F | 4.18 in |
| November | 72.7°F | 50.4°F | 3.15 in | 69.5°F | 44.6°F | 2.63 in |
| December | 65.3°F | 43.1°F | 2.71 in | 60.9°F | 36.5°F | 2.53 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 →