Climate twins of De Smet, SD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches De Smet'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: De Smet vs its climate twin
Top match: Genola, MN
| Month | De Smet | Genola | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 23.2°F | 4.9°F | 0.60 in | 23.9°F | 3.5°F | 0.76 in |
| February | 28.5°F | 9.2°F | 0.88 in | 28.9°F | 7.1°F | 0.66 in |
| March | 40.6°F | 20.9°F | 1.36 in | 42.5°F | 20.3°F | 1.27 in |
| April | 55.0°F | 33.2°F | 2.30 in | 57.8°F | 32.8°F | 2.26 in |
| May | 67.1°F | 45.4°F | 3.32 in | 71.1°F | 45.2°F | 3.34 in |
| June | 76.9°F | 56.1°F | 4.06 in | 80.2°F | 55.1°F | 4.34 in |
| July | 81.5°F | 61.0°F | 3.88 in | 84.7°F | 60.2°F | 3.73 in |
| August | 79.1°F | 58.9°F | 3.07 in | 82.4°F | 57.7°F | 3.25 in |
| September | 71.6°F | 50.1°F | 2.78 in | 74.5°F | 49.6°F | 2.96 in |
| October | 56.9°F | 35.9°F | 1.98 in | 58.9°F | 37.4°F | 2.45 in |
| November | 40.7°F | 22.0°F | 0.96 in | 41.7°F | 23.2°F | 1.26 in |
| December | 27.7°F | 10.3°F | 0.74 in | 27.9°F | 10.4°F | 0.90 in |
Cities that consider De Smet their climate twin
These US cities have De Smet in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, De Smet would feel familiar.
- Flensburg, MN (ranks De Smet #3)
- Randall, MN (ranks De Smet #3)
- Starbuck, MN (ranks De Smet #1)
- Villard, MN (ranks De Smet #2)
- Glenwood, MN (ranks De Smet #1)
- Long Beach, MN (ranks De Smet #1)
- Lowry, MN (ranks De Smet #1)
- Westport, MN (ranks De Smet #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 →