Climate twins of Hitchcock, OK

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hitchcock'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: Hitchcock vs its climate twin

Top match: McLean, TX

Month Hitchcock McLean
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 48.7°F 23.5°F 1.07 in 52.4°F 26.8°F 0.91 in
February 52.8°F 26.4°F 1.33 in 56.4°F 29.6°F 0.86 in
March 62.0°F 35.1°F 2.41 in 66.1°F 36.8°F 1.61 in
April 71.1°F 44.0°F 2.95 in 74.0°F 44.7°F 2.41 in
May 79.9°F 55.2°F 4.01 in 81.1°F 54.0°F 3.91 in
June 89.2°F 65.2°F 4.01 in 88.5°F 63.2°F 3.43 in
July 94.6°F 69.6°F 2.90 in 91.8°F 67.2°F 2.99 in
August 93.1°F 67.7°F 3.89 in 91.4°F 66.0°F 3.18 in
September 85.0°F 59.6°F 2.89 in 84.9°F 59.6°F 2.48 in
October 73.0°F 46.9°F 3.03 in 74.4°F 47.7°F 2.66 in
November 60.3°F 34.3°F 1.78 in 62.9°F 36.7°F 0.96 in
December 49.7°F 25.8°F 1.51 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 →