Climate twins of Ozark, AR
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Ozark'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: Ozark vs its climate twin
Top match: Buncombe, IL
| Month | Ozark | Buncombe | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 48.3°F | 28.3°F | 3.49 in | 45.2°F | 25.4°F | 3.53 in |
| February | 53.6°F | 31.6°F | 3.28 in | 50.0°F | 29.1°F | 3.40 in |
| March | 62.3°F | 39.4°F | 4.82 in | 60.8°F | 37.0°F | 4.82 in |
| April | 71.4°F | 47.6°F | 5.03 in | 71.4°F | 46.4°F | 5.63 in |
| May | 78.9°F | 57.2°F | 5.82 in | 79.0°F | 56.1°F | 5.93 in |
| June | 87.4°F | 65.6°F | 4.90 in | 87.0°F | 64.7°F | 4.95 in |
| July | 91.9°F | 69.7°F | 3.52 in | 89.7°F | 68.7°F | 3.70 in |
| August | 91.4°F | 68.7°F | 4.19 in | 89.4°F | 67.0°F | 3.15 in |
| September | 84.2°F | 61.7°F | 3.98 in | 83.5°F | 59.2°F | 3.49 in |
| October | 73.0°F | 50.2°F | 4.73 in | 72.7°F | 47.5°F | 3.89 in |
| November | 60.6°F | 39.1°F | 4.65 in | 59.0°F | 37.0°F | 4.54 in |
| December | 50.5°F | 31.5°F | 3.83 in | 48.0°F | 29.7°F | 4.10 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 →