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 →