Climate twins of Dimock, SD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Dimock'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: Dimock vs its climate twin
Top match: Genola, MN
| Month | Dimock | Genola | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 25.3°F | 5.8°F | 0.47 in | 23.9°F | 3.5°F | 0.76 in |
| February | 31.0°F | 9.6°F | 0.74 in | 28.9°F | 7.1°F | 0.66 in |
| March | 43.8°F | 20.7°F | 1.13 in | 42.5°F | 20.3°F | 1.27 in |
| April | 57.6°F | 31.9°F | 2.88 in | 57.8°F | 32.8°F | 2.26 in |
| May | 69.4°F | 44.4°F | 3.64 in | 71.1°F | 45.2°F | 3.34 in |
| June | 79.3°F | 55.6°F | 3.97 in | 80.2°F | 55.1°F | 4.34 in |
| July | 84.2°F | 60.0°F | 3.13 in | 84.7°F | 60.2°F | 3.73 in |
| August | 81.8°F | 57.4°F | 3.02 in | 82.4°F | 57.7°F | 3.25 in |
| September | 75.1°F | 48.6°F | 2.81 in | 74.5°F | 49.6°F | 2.96 in |
| October | 60.0°F | 34.7°F | 2.01 in | 58.9°F | 37.4°F | 2.45 in |
| November | 43.2°F | 21.4°F | 0.92 in | 41.7°F | 23.2°F | 1.26 in |
| December | 29.2°F | 10.3°F | 0.60 in | 27.9°F | 10.4°F | 0.90 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 →