Climate twins of Bismarck, ND
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Bismarck'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: Bismarck vs its climate twin
Top match: Edgeley, ND
| Month | Bismarck | Edgeley | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 22.1°F | 3.8°F | 0.54 in | 19.9°F | 3.7°F | 0.61 in |
| February | 27.1°F | 6.7°F | 0.52 in | 25.2°F | 7.0°F | 0.41 in |
| March | 39.7°F | 17.8°F | 0.92 in | 37.1°F | 19.2°F | 0.92 in |
| April | 53.8°F | 29.4°F | 1.63 in | 53.2°F | 31.6°F | 1.43 in |
| May | 66.4°F | 42.5°F | 2.56 in | 66.7°F | 44.3°F | 3.03 in |
| June | 75.6°F | 52.5°F | 3.32 in | 75.7°F | 55.0°F | 3.35 in |
| July | 81.5°F | 58.3°F | 3.18 in | 81.0°F | 59.1°F | 3.28 in |
| August | 80.1°F | 55.6°F | 2.70 in | 80.2°F | 56.7°F | 2.79 in |
| September | 71.3°F | 46.1°F | 1.92 in | 71.4°F | 47.4°F | 2.50 in |
| October | 55.6°F | 33.5°F | 1.58 in | 55.9°F | 34.7°F | 1.71 in |
| November | 39.6°F | 19.8°F | 0.74 in | 38.9°F | 21.0°F | 0.66 in |
| December | 26.9°F | 9.5°F | 0.74 in | 25.5°F | 9.7°F | 0.46 in |
Cities that consider Bismarck their climate twin
These US cities have Bismarck in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Bismarck would feel familiar.
- Edgeley, ND (ranks Bismarck #1)
- Elliott, ND (ranks Bismarck #2)
- Fort Ransom, ND (ranks Bismarck #1)
- Iron Mountain, MI (ranks Bismarck #3)
- Kingsford, MI (ranks Bismarck #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 →