Climate twins of Stratford, OK
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Stratford'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: Stratford vs its climate twin
Top match: Sallisaw, OK
| Month | Stratford | Sallisaw | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 51.4°F | 30.0°F | 1.85 in | 47.9°F | 27.9°F | 2.81 in |
| February | 55.2°F | 33.7°F | 2.09 in | 53.0°F | 32.0°F | 2.56 in |
| March | 62.6°F | 43.0°F | 3.33 in | 61.4°F | 40.2°F | 3.75 in |
| April | 72.2°F | 50.4°F | 3.97 in | 70.3°F | 48.6°F | 4.62 in |
| May | 78.9°F | 59.6°F | 5.40 in | 77.5°F | 58.5°F | 5.75 in |
| June | 87.2°F | 67.9°F | 4.74 in | 86.1°F | 66.8°F | 4.80 in |
| July | 91.9°F | 71.6°F | 3.75 in | 91.4°F | 70.8°F | 3.47 in |
| August | 92.6°F | 71.0°F | 3.16 in | 90.6°F | 69.8°F | 3.64 in |
| September | 84.1°F | 63.0°F | 4.29 in | 83.7°F | 62.6°F | 4.55 in |
| October | 73.9°F | 52.3°F | 3.79 in | 73.2°F | 50.4°F | 3.93 in |
| November | 62.7°F | 41.2°F | 2.36 in | 60.4°F | 39.8°F | 3.93 in |
| December | 52.1°F | 32.8°F | 2.30 in | 50.5°F | 31.5°F | 3.59 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 →