Climate twins of Bearden, OK

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

Top match: Fort Smith, AR

Month Bearden Fort Smith
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 49.7°F 30.3°F 1.76 in 51.3°F 29.6°F 2.91 in
February 54.8°F 34.4°F 2.14 in 56.6°F 33.4°F 2.69 in
March 64.6°F 42.5°F 3.20 in 65.6°F 41.5°F 3.90 in
April 72.9°F 50.5°F 4.41 in 74.5°F 49.8°F 4.87 in
May 79.8°F 60.1°F 5.72 in 81.4°F 59.5°F 5.63 in
June 88.1°F 67.5°F 5.22 in 89.4°F 68.3°F 4.56 in
July 93.0°F 71.3°F 3.28 in 94.1°F 72.1°F 3.39 in
August 92.5°F 70.0°F 3.33 in 93.7°F 70.9°F 3.60 in
September 84.8°F 63.3°F 4.85 in 86.5°F 63.1°F 4.04 in
October 74.1°F 52.1°F 3.92 in 75.9°F 51.0°F 4.42 in
November 61.4°F 41.4°F 3.08 in 63.4°F 40.0°F 3.85 in
December 51.5°F 33.1°F 2.62 in 53.3°F 32.3°F 3.48 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 →