Climate twins of Belfield, ND
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Belfield'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: Belfield vs its climate twin
Top match: Edgemont, SD
| Month | Belfield | Edgemont | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 26.7°F | 8.7°F | 0.62 in | 33.6°F | 4.3°F | 0.37 in |
| February | 29.3°F | 11.0°F | 0.51 in | 38.4°F | 7.8°F | 0.48 in |
| March | 40.9°F | 20.7°F | 0.90 in | 50.3°F | 18.0°F | 0.95 in |
| April | 52.7°F | 30.8°F | 1.78 in | 59.3°F | 27.4°F | 1.84 in |
| May | 64.2°F | 42.2°F | 2.66 in | 68.7°F | 37.9°F | 2.65 in |
| June | 73.8°F | 51.7°F | 2.54 in | 80.1°F | 47.9°F | 2.64 in |
| July | 82.1°F | 57.9°F | 2.43 in | 88.8°F | 54.8°F | 2.21 in |
| August | 82.2°F | 55.9°F | 1.69 in | 87.3°F | 52.1°F | 1.50 in |
| September | 71.6°F | 46.4°F | 1.84 in | 77.6°F | 41.5°F | 1.21 in |
| October | 55.0°F | 33.6°F | 1.23 in | 61.8°F | 27.3°F | 1.26 in |
| November | 39.9°F | 21.2°F | 0.67 in | 46.9°F | 14.8°F | 0.56 in |
| December | 29.1°F | 11.5°F | 0.58 in | 34.8°F | 5.4°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 →