Climate twins of Centerville, SD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Centerville'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: Centerville vs its climate twin
Top match: Superior, IA
| Month | Centerville | Superior | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 26.9°F | 6.8°F | 0.44 in | 24.0°F | 7.1°F | 0.55 in |
| February | 31.9°F | 11.0°F | 0.63 in | 28.3°F | 11.0°F | 0.63 in |
| March | 44.9°F | 22.9°F | 1.38 in | 41.6°F | 23.2°F | 1.43 in |
| April | 58.5°F | 34.0°F | 2.69 in | 55.9°F | 35.1°F | 2.99 in |
| May | 70.2°F | 46.8°F | 3.87 in | 68.2°F | 47.6°F | 4.13 in |
| June | 80.4°F | 58.1°F | 4.29 in | 78.9°F | 58.6°F | 4.77 in |
| July | 84.4°F | 61.7°F | 3.05 in | 82.8°F | 62.6°F | 3.53 in |
| August | 81.9°F | 59.1°F | 3.20 in | 80.1°F | 60.2°F | 3.69 in |
| September | 75.4°F | 49.6°F | 3.12 in | 73.1°F | 52.1°F | 3.03 in |
| October | 61.5°F | 36.1°F | 2.32 in | 59.0°F | 38.6°F | 2.09 in |
| November | 45.1°F | 22.7°F | 1.23 in | 42.3°F | 24.9°F | 1.39 in |
| December | 31.3°F | 12.0°F | 0.66 in | 28.6°F | 12.9°F | 0.82 in |
Cities that consider Centerville their climate twin
These US cities have Centerville in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Centerville would feel familiar.
- Atkinson, NE (ranks Centerville #1)
- Stuart, NE (ranks Centerville #2)
- Newport, NE (ranks Centerville #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 →