Climate twins of Putnam, OK
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Putnam'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: Putnam vs its climate twin
Top match: Quitaque, TX
| Month | Putnam | Quitaque | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 48.7°F | 26.1°F | 1.01 in | 55.4°F | 27.3°F | 0.93 in |
| February | 52.6°F | 29.0°F | 0.90 in | 59.2°F | 30.3°F | 0.99 in |
| March | 61.5°F | 37.7°F | 2.18 in | 67.8°F | 38.0°F | 1.64 in |
| April | 70.3°F | 45.8°F | 2.88 in | 76.4°F | 46.2°F | 2.51 in |
| May | 79.7°F | 56.4°F | 4.09 in | 83.8°F | 56.4°F | 3.28 in |
| June | 88.7°F | 65.6°F | 3.95 in | 91.5°F | 65.7°F | 3.91 in |
| July | 94.7°F | 69.9°F | 2.90 in | 95.5°F | 69.5°F | 2.44 in |
| August | 93.6°F | 69.1°F | 3.11 in | 94.7°F | 68.1°F | 2.57 in |
| September | 84.5°F | 60.4°F | 2.70 in | 86.8°F | 60.5°F | 2.87 in |
| October | 72.5°F | 48.1°F | 2.81 in | 76.9°F | 48.2°F | 1.92 in |
| November | 59.3°F | 36.4°F | 1.53 in | 65.5°F | 37.1°F | 1.07 in |
| December | 48.8°F | 27.9°F | 1.33 in | 55.9°F | 29.0°F | 0.89 in |
Cities that consider Putnam their climate twin
These US cities have Putnam in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Putnam would feel familiar.
- Hudson, KS (ranks Putnam #3)
- St. John, KS (ranks Putnam #3)
- Stafford, KS (ranks Putnam #2)
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 →