Climate twins of Idabel, OK
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Idabel'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: Idabel vs its climate twin
Top match: Sheridan, AR
| Month | Idabel | Sheridan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 54.4°F | 29.4°F | 3.77 in | 51.3°F | 29.2°F | 4.05 in |
| February | 58.9°F | 33.8°F | 4.09 in | 56.5°F | 32.5°F | 4.32 in |
| March | 67.3°F | 40.9°F | 5.02 in | 65.2°F | 39.4°F | 5.61 in |
| April | 74.9°F | 48.0°F | 5.37 in | 74.1°F | 47.8°F | 5.94 in |
| May | 81.8°F | 58.7°F | 6.35 in | 81.2°F | 58.0°F | 5.71 in |
| June | 89.1°F | 66.0°F | 4.12 in | 88.4°F | 66.5°F | 4.17 in |
| July | 93.5°F | 70.1°F | 3.61 in | 92.0°F | 70.0°F | 4.30 in |
| August | 93.6°F | 68.9°F | 3.03 in | 91.5°F | 68.8°F | 2.88 in |
| September | 87.1°F | 61.4°F | 4.31 in | 85.7°F | 61.5°F | 3.57 in |
| October | 77.1°F | 49.0°F | 5.18 in | 75.0°F | 48.8°F | 4.56 in |
| November | 65.4°F | 39.1°F | 4.68 in | 62.7°F | 38.4°F | 4.61 in |
| December | 56.7°F | 32.2°F | 4.98 in | 53.5°F | 32.1°F | 5.49 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 →