Climate twins of Jay, OK

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

Top match: Mount Carmel, IL

Month Jay Mount Carmel
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 48.9°F 22.6°F 3.23 in 40.2°F 25.0°F 3.58 in
February 54.2°F 26.2°F 2.50 in 45.2°F 27.3°F 3.09 in
March 62.5°F 34.2°F 4.11 in 54.9°F 35.8°F 4.06 in
April 71.6°F 43.4°F 4.92 in 66.9°F 46.4°F 5.08 in
May 78.5°F 52.8°F 6.22 in 76.0°F 57.3°F 5.83 in
June 86.2°F 62.1°F 5.04 in 84.8°F 65.8°F 4.70 in
July 91.3°F 66.6°F 4.14 in 87.4°F 69.0°F 4.47 in
August 90.8°F 65.3°F 3.76 in 86.2°F 66.8°F 3.24 in
September 83.2°F 56.4°F 4.47 in 81.0°F 58.9°F 3.51 in
October 73.1°F 43.2°F 4.18 in 69.3°F 46.8°F 3.79 in
November 61.9°F 34.0°F 3.88 in 55.2°F 36.4°F 3.93 in
December 52.0°F 26.0°F 3.03 in 43.9°F 28.3°F 3.45 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 →