Climate twins of Meridian, OK
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Meridian'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: Meridian vs its climate twin
Top match: Thackerville, OK
| Month | Meridian | Thackerville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 48.9°F | 25.0°F | 1.43 in | 52.9°F | 27.8°F | 1.99 in |
| February | 53.9°F | 28.3°F | 1.75 in | 57.2°F | 31.9°F | 2.23 in |
| March | 62.6°F | 37.0°F | 2.72 in | 65.3°F | 39.7°F | 3.38 in |
| April | 71.9°F | 46.3°F | 3.57 in | 73.4°F | 48.1°F | 3.75 in |
| May | 79.0°F | 56.5°F | 5.07 in | 80.2°F | 58.3°F | 5.55 in |
| June | 87.3°F | 66.3°F | 5.28 in | 88.3°F | 66.8°F | 4.19 in |
| July | 93.3°F | 71.2°F | 3.04 in | 93.7°F | 70.1°F | 2.84 in |
| August | 92.6°F | 69.1°F | 3.90 in | 94.1°F | 69.0°F | 2.75 in |
| September | 84.5°F | 60.8°F | 3.54 in | 86.2°F | 61.4°F | 3.83 in |
| October | 73.5°F | 48.4°F | 3.56 in | 75.6°F | 49.7°F | 4.07 in |
| November | 61.2°F | 36.7°F | 2.48 in | 63.7°F | 38.9°F | 2.57 in |
| December | 50.3°F | 28.4°F | 1.90 in | 54.5°F | 30.4°F | 2.66 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 →