Climate twins of Van, TX
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Van'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: Van vs its climate twin
Top match: Metcalfe, MS
| Month | Van | Metcalfe | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 56.9°F | 32.7°F | 3.67 in | 53.0°F | 35.1°F | 4.49 in |
| February | 60.5°F | 38.1°F | 4.01 in | 57.9°F | 37.9°F | 4.72 in |
| March | 68.3°F | 44.1°F | 4.15 in | 66.0°F | 45.2°F | 4.71 in |
| April | 75.4°F | 50.9°F | 3.80 in | 74.5°F | 53.5°F | 5.01 in |
| May | 81.9°F | 60.8°F | 4.68 in | 82.7°F | 62.4°F | 3.79 in |
| June | 89.1°F | 68.7°F | 3.53 in | 89.4°F | 69.3°F | 3.32 in |
| July | 92.6°F | 71.2°F | 2.67 in | 92.5°F | 72.4°F | 3.18 in |
| August | 94.1°F | 70.7°F | 2.71 in | 92.3°F | 70.9°F | 2.83 in |
| September | 87.6°F | 63.1°F | 3.73 in | 88.0°F | 64.0°F | 3.62 in |
| October | 77.8°F | 52.2°F | 4.99 in | 77.2°F | 53.0°F | 4.22 in |
| November | 66.9°F | 42.5°F | 3.47 in | 64.7°F | 42.4°F | 4.01 in |
| December | 58.7°F | 35.3°F | 5.06 in | 55.2°F | 37.1°F | 5.10 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 →