Climate twins of Tolar, TX

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Tolar'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: Tolar vs its climate twin

Top match: Johnson City, TX

Month Tolar Johnson City
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 56.8°F 30.8°F 2.25 in 62.3°F 35.1°F 2.25 in
February 61.8°F 35.5°F 2.38 in 65.8°F 38.7°F 2.01 in
March 69.3°F 43.6°F 3.28 in 72.9°F 46.7°F 2.56 in
April 76.5°F 51.4°F 3.03 in 79.9°F 53.1°F 2.77 in
May 83.4°F 61.1°F 4.23 in 86.1°F 63.0°F 4.03 in
June 91.6°F 69.8°F 3.82 in 92.4°F 69.2°F 3.23 in
July 96.5°F 73.7°F 1.91 in 95.5°F 71.4°F 2.15 in
August 96.1°F 72.1°F 2.59 in 96.6°F 70.8°F 2.21 in
September 89.3°F 64.8°F 3.01 in 90.2°F 64.3°F 3.36 in
October 78.6°F 52.5°F 3.82 in 81.8°F 54.4°F 3.62 in
November 67.1°F 41.7°F 2.61 in 71.2°F 44.9°F 2.98 in
December 58.3°F 33.1°F 2.29 in 63.9°F 37.1°F 1.85 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 →