Climate twins of Foss, OK
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Foss'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: Foss vs its climate twin
Top match: Isabel, KS
| Month | Foss | Isabel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 49.0°F | 27.5°F | 0.61 in | 46.2°F | 22.0°F | 0.80 in |
| February | 53.0°F | 30.2°F | 0.78 in | 50.4°F | 25.6°F | 1.03 in |
| March | 61.9°F | 38.6°F | 1.40 in | 60.2°F | 34.7°F | 2.03 in |
| April | 69.7°F | 46.4°F | 2.60 in | 70.0°F | 43.8°F | 2.43 in |
| May | 80.1°F | 56.9°F | 3.55 in | 79.3°F | 54.6°F | 3.65 in |
| June | 89.5°F | 66.8°F | 3.28 in | 90.1°F | 65.0°F | 3.93 in |
| July | 94.2°F | 71.3°F | 1.96 in | 94.4°F | 69.5°F | 3.13 in |
| August | 92.5°F | 69.9°F | 3.12 in | 92.4°F | 67.6°F | 3.51 in |
| September | 84.1°F | 62.1°F | 2.59 in | 84.4°F | 59.1°F | 2.61 in |
| October | 72.3°F | 49.4°F | 2.33 in | 71.8°F | 45.2°F | 2.44 in |
| November | 59.0°F | 37.7°F | 0.91 in | 58.3°F | 32.9°F | 1.10 in |
| December | 49.4°F | 29.6°F | 0.77 in | 47.0°F | 24.0°F | 1.09 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 →