Climate twins of Muskogee, OK

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

Top match: Gainesville, TX

Month Muskogee Gainesville
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 49.2°F 25.8°F 1.94 in 52.6°F 31.7°F 2.21 in
February 54.1°F 29.7°F 2.36 in 57.6°F 35.4°F 2.56 in
March 63.2°F 39.2°F 3.09 in 65.5°F 42.8°F 3.65 in
April 71.9°F 47.9°F 4.88 in 73.5°F 50.8°F 3.92 in
May 79.3°F 58.7°F 5.25 in 80.0°F 60.1°F 5.64 in
June 87.7°F 67.2°F 5.00 in 88.5°F 68.7°F 4.64 in
July 93.0°F 71.5°F 3.32 in 93.5°F 72.8°F 2.91 in
August 92.8°F 69.7°F 3.14 in 94.3°F 72.3°F 2.83 in
September 84.8°F 61.6°F 4.31 in 86.6°F 65.1°F 3.90 in
October 74.0°F 49.1°F 4.07 in 76.0°F 53.9°F 4.36 in
November 61.7°F 37.9°F 3.23 in 63.5°F 42.7°F 3.02 in
December 51.5°F 29.6°F 2.56 in 54.5°F 34.2°F 3.11 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 →