Climate twins of Oakland City, IN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Oakland City'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: Oakland City vs its climate twin
Top match: New Point, IN
| Month | Oakland City | New Point | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 38.8°F | 21.9°F | 3.49 in | 36.2°F | 21.6°F | 3.40 in |
| February | 43.7°F | 24.4°F | 2.93 in | 40.6°F | 24.1°F | 2.76 in |
| March | 54.1°F | 31.7°F | 3.96 in | 51.0°F | 32.7°F | 3.77 in |
| April | 66.0°F | 40.5°F | 5.09 in | 63.7°F | 43.6°F | 4.91 in |
| May | 74.9°F | 52.0°F | 4.87 in | 73.5°F | 54.7°F | 5.08 in |
| June | 83.0°F | 61.0°F | 4.82 in | 81.6°F | 63.3°F | 5.41 in |
| July | 85.7°F | 64.3°F | 4.10 in | 84.5°F | 66.3°F | 3.97 in |
| August | 85.2°F | 61.5°F | 3.72 in | 83.4°F | 64.4°F | 4.03 in |
| September | 80.0°F | 54.4°F | 3.74 in | 77.7°F | 57.3°F | 3.24 in |
| October | 68.3°F | 43.5°F | 3.29 in | 65.8°F | 45.6°F | 3.37 in |
| November | 54.6°F | 33.9°F | 4.04 in | 52.0°F | 34.8°F | 3.60 in |
| December | 43.1°F | 25.9°F | 3.85 in | 40.7°F | 26.5°F | 3.47 in |
Cities that consider Oakland City their climate twin
These US cities have Oakland City in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Oakland City would feel familiar.
- Napoleon, IN (ranks Oakland City #1)
- New Point, IN (ranks Oakland City #1)
- Wyoming, OH (ranks Oakland City #3)
- Bromley, KY (ranks Oakland City #3)
- Ludlow, KY (ranks Oakland City #3)
- Cheviot, OH (ranks Oakland City #3)
- Mount Healthy, OH (ranks Oakland City #3)
- North College Hill, OH (ranks Oakland City #3)
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 →