Climate twins of Clayton, OK
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Clayton'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: Clayton vs its climate twin
Top match: Ola, AR
| Month | Clayton | Ola | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 52.0°F | 28.5°F | 3.07 in | 52.2°F | 30.8°F | 3.76 in |
| February | 56.7°F | 31.8°F | 2.96 in | 57.2°F | 34.0°F | 3.89 in |
| March | 65.3°F | 39.3°F | 4.39 in | 65.7°F | 40.9°F | 4.87 in |
| April | 73.0°F | 47.5°F | 5.80 in | 74.9°F | 49.5°F | 5.43 in |
| May | 79.3°F | 58.2°F | 6.33 in | 81.9°F | 59.6°F | 6.19 in |
| June | 86.8°F | 66.3°F | 4.46 in | 89.8°F | 68.3°F | 4.24 in |
| July | 93.3°F | 69.7°F | 4.13 in | 94.1°F | 71.9°F | 3.73 in |
| August | 93.1°F | 67.9°F | 2.53 in | 93.8°F | 70.3°F | 3.65 in |
| September | 85.8°F | 60.6°F | 4.41 in | 86.7°F | 62.8°F | 4.04 in |
| October | 75.0°F | 49.0°F | 5.05 in | 76.0°F | 50.9°F | 4.50 in |
| November | 62.8°F | 38.8°F | 4.60 in | 63.6°F | 40.2°F | 5.14 in |
| December | 54.1°F | 30.9°F | 4.07 in | 54.2°F | 33.4°F | 4.99 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 →