Climate twins of Ponca City, OK
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Ponca 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: Ponca City vs its climate twin
Top match: Lone Wolf, OK
| Month | Ponca City | Lone Wolf | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 47.2°F | 24.6°F | 1.02 in | 50.2°F | 27.0°F | 1.15 in |
| February | 52.0°F | 28.2°F | 1.10 in | 54.1°F | 30.5°F | 1.14 in |
| March | 61.7°F | 37.3°F | 2.17 in | 63.0°F | 39.2°F | 1.97 in |
| April | 70.6°F | 46.4°F | 3.78 in | 72.2°F | 48.1°F | 3.05 in |
| May | 79.0°F | 57.2°F | 5.10 in | 80.8°F | 58.6°F | 4.57 in |
| June | 88.3°F | 67.0°F | 4.70 in | 90.1°F | 68.5°F | 4.26 in |
| July | 93.3°F | 71.4°F | 3.70 in | 95.0°F | 72.8°F | 2.75 in |
| August | 92.1°F | 69.7°F | 3.28 in | 93.8°F | 71.3°F | 3.00 in |
| September | 84.3°F | 61.1°F | 2.74 in | 85.5°F | 63.4°F | 2.97 in |
| October | 72.5°F | 48.4°F | 3.06 in | 74.0°F | 50.8°F | 2.69 in |
| November | 59.8°F | 36.4°F | 1.65 in | 61.1°F | 37.7°F | 1.88 in |
| December | 48.9°F | 27.4°F | 1.27 in | 51.3°F | 29.1°F | 1.32 in |
Cities that consider Ponca City their climate twin
These US cities have Ponca City in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Ponca City would feel familiar.
- Lone Wolf, OK (ranks Ponca City #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 →