Climate twins of Oakley, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Oakley'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: Oakley vs its climate twin
Top match: Ogallala, NE
| Month | Oakley | Ogallala | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.4°F | 15.5°F | 0.36 in | 39.7°F | 15.4°F | 0.51 in |
| February | 45.3°F | 17.6°F | 0.52 in | 42.8°F | 17.7°F | 0.58 in |
| March | 55.9°F | 25.3°F | 1.02 in | 53.4°F | 25.7°F | 1.12 in |
| April | 64.5°F | 33.9°F | 1.79 in | 61.9°F | 34.5°F | 2.23 in |
| May | 74.2°F | 45.0°F | 3.03 in | 71.8°F | 45.6°F | 3.22 in |
| June | 86.3°F | 56.5°F | 2.66 in | 83.4°F | 56.6°F | 3.11 in |
| July | 91.6°F | 61.8°F | 3.75 in | 89.6°F | 62.9°F | 2.90 in |
| August | 89.0°F | 59.7°F | 2.93 in | 87.4°F | 60.8°F | 2.09 in |
| September | 81.4°F | 50.5°F | 1.76 in | 79.2°F | 50.4°F | 1.53 in |
| October | 68.0°F | 37.0°F | 1.58 in | 65.0°F | 36.4°F | 1.26 in |
| November | 53.9°F | 25.1°F | 0.76 in | 51.4°F | 24.7°F | 0.59 in |
| December | 43.5°F | 16.9°F | 0.51 in | 41.1°F | 16.4°F | 0.40 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 →