Climate twins of Olean, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Olean'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: Olean vs its climate twin
Top match: Merwin, MO
| Month | Olean | Merwin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 40.4°F | 22.1°F | 2.28 in | 40.1°F | 19.8°F | 1.61 in |
| February | 46.2°F | 25.9°F | 2.03 in | 45.7°F | 23.5°F | 1.95 in |
| March | 56.0°F | 34.8°F | 2.90 in | 56.4°F | 33.2°F | 2.76 in |
| April | 67.1°F | 45.1°F | 4.97 in | 66.2°F | 43.2°F | 4.55 in |
| May | 75.5°F | 55.4°F | 5.63 in | 75.7°F | 55.0°F | 6.26 in |
| June | 84.2°F | 64.5°F | 4.89 in | 84.7°F | 64.9°F | 5.62 in |
| July | 88.6°F | 68.9°F | 4.39 in | 89.5°F | 69.1°F | 4.37 in |
| August | 87.5°F | 66.9°F | 4.05 in | 88.4°F | 66.4°F | 3.75 in |
| September | 79.8°F | 58.8°F | 4.29 in | 80.8°F | 57.4°F | 4.31 in |
| October | 68.8°F | 47.1°F | 3.78 in | 70.0°F | 45.0°F | 3.45 in |
| November | 55.2°F | 35.8°F | 3.25 in | 55.8°F | 33.5°F | 2.86 in |
| December | 45.1°F | 26.7°F | 2.36 in | 44.6°F | 24.5°F | 2.10 in |
Cities that consider Olean their climate twin
These US cities have Olean in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Olean would feel familiar.
- Girard, KS (ranks Olean #1)
- Arma, KS (ranks Olean #1)
- Fort Scott, KS (ranks Olean #1)
- Stotesbury, MO (ranks Olean #1)
- Richards, MO (ranks Olean #1)
- Arcadia, KS (ranks Olean #1)
- Mulberry, KS (ranks Olean #1)
- Mindenmines, MO (ranks Olean #1)
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 →