Climate twins of Belle Fourche, SD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Belle Fourche'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: Belle Fourche vs its climate twin
Top match: Philip, SD
| Month | Belle Fourche | Philip | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 36.5°F | 12.9°F | 0.44 in | 34.1°F | 10.2°F | 0.43 in |
| February | 39.1°F | 15.1°F | 0.51 in | 37.8°F | 12.6°F | 0.47 in |
| March | 49.7°F | 23.9°F | 1.16 in | 48.9°F | 22.1°F | 0.89 in |
| April | 59.0°F | 32.8°F | 2.11 in | 59.2°F | 32.0°F | 1.71 in |
| May | 68.5°F | 43.5°F | 3.04 in | 70.0°F | 43.3°F | 2.96 in |
| June | 79.3°F | 53.7°F | 2.96 in | 81.0°F | 53.7°F | 2.90 in |
| July | 87.3°F | 59.7°F | 1.96 in | 89.5°F | 60.4°F | 1.83 in |
| August | 86.6°F | 56.8°F | 1.50 in | 88.5°F | 58.0°F | 1.48 in |
| September | 77.8°F | 46.5°F | 1.34 in | 79.0°F | 47.6°F | 1.23 in |
| October | 62.2°F | 35.0°F | 1.72 in | 62.9°F | 33.8°F | 1.45 in |
| November | 47.5°F | 23.6°F | 0.66 in | 48.1°F | 21.6°F | 0.49 in |
| December | 37.1°F | 14.9°F | 0.59 in | 36.3°F | 12.2°F | 0.44 in |
Cities that consider Belle Fourche their climate twin
These US cities have Belle Fourche in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Belle Fourche would feel familiar.
- Philip, SD (ranks Belle Fourche #2)
- Kadoka, SD (ranks Belle Fourche #2)
- Hemingford, NE (ranks Belle Fourche #1)
- Scottsbluff, NE (ranks Belle Fourche #2)
- Gering, NE (ranks Belle Fourche #2)
- Terrytown, NE (ranks Belle Fourche #2)
- Hartville, WY (ranks Belle Fourche #2)
- Wood, SD (ranks Belle Fourche #3)
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 →