Climate twins of Taft, TX
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Taft'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: Taft vs its climate twin
Top match: Mountain City, TX
| Month | Taft | Mountain City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 65.7°F | 43.7°F | 1.98 in | 62.3°F | 38.9°F | 2.41 in |
| February | 69.6°F | 47.8°F | 2.03 in | 66.6°F | 42.4°F | 1.73 in |
| March | 74.9°F | 53.8°F | 2.81 in | 73.1°F | 49.5°F | 2.76 in |
| April | 80.2°F | 60.2°F | 1.93 in | 79.8°F | 56.3°F | 3.20 in |
| May | 85.6°F | 67.8°F | 3.37 in | 86.2°F | 64.9°F | 4.53 in |
| June | 90.6°F | 72.6°F | 3.80 in | 92.4°F | 71.7°F | 3.57 in |
| July | 92.2°F | 74.2°F | 3.38 in | 95.7°F | 73.4°F | 2.21 in |
| August | 93.6°F | 74.1°F | 3.02 in | 96.8°F | 73.7°F | 2.60 in |
| September | 89.5°F | 69.9°F | 5.71 in | 90.5°F | 68.5°F | 4.03 in |
| October | 83.6°F | 61.5°F | 3.72 in | 82.1°F | 58.1°F | 4.41 in |
| November | 74.5°F | 52.3°F | 2.63 in | 71.5°F | 48.3°F | 2.69 in |
| December | 68.1°F | 45.3°F | 2.03 in | 63.7°F | 40.8°F | 2.41 in |
Cities that consider Taft their climate twin
These US cities have Taft in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Taft would feel familiar.
- Bayou Vista, TX (ranks Taft #2)
- Galveston, TX (ranks Taft #2)
- Hitchcock, TX (ranks Taft #2)
- Jamaica Beach, TX (ranks Taft #2)
- Tiki Island, TX (ranks Taft #2)
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 →