Climate twins of Vian, OK

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Vian'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: Vian vs its climate twin

Top match: Western Grove, AR

Month Vian Western Grove
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 47.9°F 27.9°F 2.81 in 46.8°F 28.1°F 2.96 in
February 53.0°F 32.0°F 2.56 in 51.6°F 30.0°F 2.80 in
March 61.4°F 40.2°F 3.75 in 60.0°F 38.8°F 4.20 in
April 70.3°F 48.6°F 4.62 in 69.2°F 47.3°F 5.17 in
May 77.5°F 58.5°F 5.75 in 76.9°F 56.8°F 5.54 in
June 86.1°F 66.8°F 4.80 in 85.0°F 64.8°F 4.17 in
July 91.4°F 70.8°F 3.47 in 89.4°F 68.3°F 3.74 in
August 90.6°F 69.8°F 3.64 in 89.5°F 67.0°F 3.36 in
September 83.7°F 62.6°F 4.55 in 81.8°F 59.5°F 4.40 in
October 73.2°F 50.4°F 3.93 in 71.3°F 48.5°F 4.02 in
November 60.4°F 39.8°F 3.93 in 59.3°F 37.7°F 3.88 in
December 50.5°F 31.5°F 3.59 in 49.1°F 30.7°F 3.22 in

Cities that consider Vian their climate twin

These US cities have Vian in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Vian would feel familiar.

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 →