Climate twins of Aberdeen, SD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Aberdeen'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: Aberdeen vs its climate twin
Top match: Reynolds, ND
| Month | Aberdeen | Reynolds | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 20.7°F | 1.6°F | 0.50 in | 17.9°F | 1.0°F | 0.55 in |
| February | 25.2°F | 6.2°F | 0.59 in | 22.5°F | 4.2°F | 0.59 in |
| March | 38.9°F | 18.9°F | 0.93 in | 35.9°F | 19.5°F | 1.20 in |
| April | 54.3°F | 31.6°F | 1.93 in | 53.0°F | 33.7°F | 1.39 in |
| May | 67.7°F | 44.5°F | 3.37 in | 67.7°F | 45.8°F | 2.77 in |
| June | 77.5°F | 55.2°F | 3.68 in | 77.0°F | 57.3°F | 3.65 in |
| July | 82.7°F | 59.6°F | 3.38 in | 81.3°F | 61.1°F | 3.43 in |
| August | 80.7°F | 57.1°F | 2.38 in | 80.2°F | 58.4°F | 2.59 in |
| September | 72.3°F | 47.6°F | 2.16 in | 71.3°F | 49.7°F | 2.16 in |
| October | 57.1°F | 33.5°F | 2.09 in | 55.2°F | 36.8°F | 2.21 in |
| November | 39.7°F | 19.6°F | 0.74 in | 38.2°F | 22.3°F | 0.86 in |
| December | 26.1°F | 8.1°F | 0.61 in | 23.7°F | 9.4°F | 0.91 in |
Cities that consider Aberdeen their climate twin
These US cities have Aberdeen in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Aberdeen would feel familiar.
- Climax, MN (ranks Aberdeen #1)
- Buxton, ND (ranks Aberdeen #1)
- Reynolds, ND (ranks Aberdeen #2)
- Tintah, MN (ranks Aberdeen #2)
- McLaughlin, SD (ranks Aberdeen #2)
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 →