Climate twins of Roland, OK
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Roland'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: Roland vs its climate twin
Top match: Mead, OK
| Month | Roland | Mead | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 51.3°F | 29.6°F | 2.91 in | 54.4°F | 29.8°F | 2.50 in |
| February | 56.6°F | 33.4°F | 2.69 in | 58.7°F | 33.6°F | 2.58 in |
| March | 65.6°F | 41.5°F | 3.90 in | 67.0°F | 42.0°F | 4.04 in |
| April | 74.5°F | 49.8°F | 4.87 in | 74.6°F | 48.8°F | 3.92 in |
| May | 81.4°F | 59.5°F | 5.63 in | 81.3°F | 59.2°F | 5.42 in |
| June | 89.4°F | 68.3°F | 4.56 in | 89.4°F | 68.1°F | 5.06 in |
| July | 94.1°F | 72.1°F | 3.39 in | 94.1°F | 71.1°F | 3.28 in |
| August | 93.7°F | 70.9°F | 3.60 in | 95.2°F | 70.3°F | 2.41 in |
| September | 86.5°F | 63.1°F | 4.04 in | 87.6°F | 62.2°F | 3.83 in |
| October | 75.9°F | 51.0°F | 4.42 in | 77.9°F | 50.5°F | 4.44 in |
| November | 63.4°F | 40.0°F | 3.85 in | 66.0°F | 40.0°F | 3.53 in |
| December | 53.3°F | 32.3°F | 3.48 in | 56.4°F | 31.9°F | 3.34 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 →