Climate twins of Stratford, TX
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Stratford'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: Stratford vs its climate twin
Top match: Sudan, TX
| Month | Stratford | Sudan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 50.1°F | 21.1°F | 0.51 in | 53.1°F | 20.0°F | 0.54 in |
| February | 54.0°F | 23.1°F | 0.36 in | 57.7°F | 23.1°F | 0.53 in |
| March | 62.6°F | 30.7°F | 1.08 in | 65.6°F | 30.0°F | 1.01 in |
| April | 70.7°F | 38.7°F | 1.41 in | 73.7°F | 37.5°F | 0.90 in |
| May | 79.6°F | 49.0°F | 2.07 in | 81.5°F | 48.2°F | 1.84 in |
| June | 89.7°F | 59.4°F | 2.48 in | 90.3°F | 58.7°F | 2.77 in |
| July | 93.3°F | 64.4°F | 2.53 in | 91.6°F | 62.6°F | 2.46 in |
| August | 91.0°F | 62.8°F | 2.73 in | 90.0°F | 61.2°F | 2.83 in |
| September | 84.3°F | 54.7°F | 1.02 in | 83.3°F | 53.5°F | 2.37 in |
| October | 72.6°F | 41.4°F | 1.70 in | 73.8°F | 40.5°F | 1.79 in |
| November | 60.1°F | 29.8°F | 0.60 in | 62.1°F | 27.9°F | 0.62 in |
| December | 49.9°F | 22.0°F | 0.58 in | 53.5°F | 21.2°F | 0.66 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 →