Climate twins of Batesland, SD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Batesland'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: Batesland vs its climate twin
Top match: Bison, SD
| Month | Batesland | Bison | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 34.2°F | 12.9°F | 0.52 in | 29.6°F | 9.7°F | 0.46 in |
| February | 36.6°F | 14.7°F | 0.62 in | 32.8°F | 12.4°F | 0.56 in |
| March | 47.3°F | 22.7°F | 1.18 in | 45.1°F | 21.8°F | 0.87 in |
| April | 56.1°F | 31.0°F | 2.25 in | 57.4°F | 31.5°F | 1.76 in |
| May | 66.4°F | 41.3°F | 3.24 in | 68.2°F | 42.7°F | 3.11 in |
| June | 78.2°F | 51.7°F | 3.85 in | 77.9°F | 52.4°F | 3.15 in |
| July | 86.1°F | 57.9°F | 2.54 in | 86.2°F | 58.6°F | 2.50 in |
| August | 84.8°F | 56.2°F | 1.80 in | 85.6°F | 57.0°F | 1.83 in |
| September | 75.4°F | 46.7°F | 1.68 in | 76.4°F | 47.5°F | 1.38 in |
| October | 59.7°F | 33.8°F | 1.62 in | 59.7°F | 34.7°F | 1.52 in |
| November | 46.1°F | 22.3°F | 0.70 in | 43.4°F | 22.5°F | 0.52 in |
| December | 35.1°F | 14.2°F | 0.50 in | 31.9°F | 12.9°F | 0.44 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 →