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 →