Climate twins of Dover, OK
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Dover'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: Dover vs its climate twin
Top match: Fair Oaks, OK
| Month | Dover | Fair Oaks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 49.0°F | 25.0°F | 1.12 in | 48.9°F | 28.0°F | 1.63 in |
| February | 53.3°F | 27.9°F | 1.38 in | 54.0°F | 31.7°F | 1.62 in |
| March | 62.9°F | 36.6°F | 2.62 in | 63.3°F | 40.7°F | 3.10 in |
| April | 71.7°F | 45.3°F | 3.64 in | 72.1°F | 49.5°F | 4.37 in |
| May | 80.3°F | 56.8°F | 5.40 in | 79.7°F | 59.5°F | 5.73 in |
| June | 89.5°F | 66.9°F | 4.88 in | 88.4°F | 68.7°F | 4.65 in |
| July | 94.6°F | 71.5°F | 3.55 in | 93.6°F | 73.1°F | 3.76 in |
| August | 93.8°F | 69.9°F | 3.87 in | 93.0°F | 71.5°F | 3.38 in |
| September | 85.7°F | 61.7°F | 3.23 in | 84.8°F | 62.8°F | 3.85 in |
| October | 74.4°F | 48.7°F | 3.13 in | 73.6°F | 50.9°F | 3.78 in |
| November | 61.0°F | 35.9°F | 2.03 in | 61.4°F | 39.4°F | 2.66 in |
| December | 50.8°F | 27.6°F | 1.70 in | 50.9°F | 31.1°F | 2.43 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 →