Climate twins of Wapanucka, OK

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

Top match: Central City, AR

Month Wapanucka Central City
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 52.5°F 29.7°F 2.30 in 51.3°F 29.6°F 2.91 in
February 58.1°F 33.2°F 2.40 in 56.6°F 33.4°F 2.69 in
March 65.6°F 41.0°F 3.25 in 65.6°F 41.5°F 3.90 in
April 73.5°F 48.8°F 4.67 in 74.5°F 49.8°F 4.87 in
May 80.7°F 59.0°F 5.79 in 81.4°F 59.5°F 5.63 in
June 88.6°F 66.9°F 4.14 in 89.4°F 68.3°F 4.56 in
July 94.0°F 70.4°F 2.43 in 94.1°F 72.1°F 3.39 in
August 94.4°F 69.0°F 2.27 in 93.7°F 70.9°F 3.60 in
September 86.9°F 62.3°F 3.64 in 86.5°F 63.1°F 4.04 in
October 76.1°F 50.4°F 4.19 in 75.9°F 51.0°F 4.42 in
November 64.2°F 40.0°F 2.84 in 63.4°F 40.0°F 3.85 in
December 54.6°F 31.9°F 3.10 in 53.3°F 32.3°F 3.48 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 →