Climate twins of Canton, OK
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Canton'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: Canton vs its climate twin
Top match: McLean, TX
| Month | Canton | McLean | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 48.0°F | 27.3°F | 0.93 in | 52.4°F | 26.8°F | 0.91 in |
| February | 51.9°F | 30.7°F | 1.12 in | 56.4°F | 29.6°F | 0.86 in |
| March | 61.7°F | 39.2°F | 2.29 in | 66.1°F | 36.8°F | 1.61 in |
| April | 70.2°F | 47.1°F | 3.07 in | 74.0°F | 44.7°F | 2.41 in |
| May | 79.2°F | 56.1°F | 4.22 in | 81.1°F | 54.0°F | 3.91 in |
| June | 89.0°F | 66.5°F | 4.39 in | 88.5°F | 63.2°F | 3.43 in |
| July | 94.0°F | 70.3°F | 3.20 in | 91.8°F | 67.2°F | 2.99 in |
| August | 93.2°F | 69.8°F | 3.46 in | 91.4°F | 66.0°F | 3.18 in |
| September | 84.0°F | 61.6°F | 2.89 in | 84.9°F | 59.6°F | 2.48 in |
| October | 72.4°F | 50.4°F | 3.08 in | 74.4°F | 47.7°F | 2.66 in |
| November | 59.0°F | 38.4°F | 1.92 in | 62.9°F | 36.7°F | 0.96 in |
| December | 48.9°F | 29.4°F | 1.46 in | 52.3°F | 28.5°F | 0.98 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 →