Climate twins of Draper, SD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Draper'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: Draper vs its climate twin
Top match: Stapleton, NE
| Month | Draper | Stapleton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 30.7°F | 11.6°F | 0.57 in | 37.3°F | 12.3°F | 0.59 in |
| February | 34.4°F | 14.3°F | 0.71 in | 40.2°F | 14.4°F | 0.91 in |
| March | 45.4°F | 24.0°F | 1.17 in | 51.6°F | 23.1°F | 1.36 in |
| April | 56.6°F | 34.2°F | 2.37 in | 60.5°F | 32.1°F | 2.78 in |
| May | 67.5°F | 45.8°F | 3.44 in | 70.4°F | 43.2°F | 3.46 in |
| June | 78.5°F | 56.5°F | 3.63 in | 81.1°F | 54.0°F | 4.20 in |
| July | 86.7°F | 62.6°F | 2.84 in | 87.1°F | 59.3°F | 3.07 in |
| August | 85.4°F | 60.8°F | 2.37 in | 84.8°F | 57.1°F | 2.41 in |
| September | 76.5°F | 51.2°F | 1.48 in | 77.3°F | 47.4°F | 1.80 in |
| October | 60.3°F | 37.3°F | 1.80 in | 63.7°F | 34.1°F | 1.81 in |
| November | 45.3°F | 24.7°F | 0.68 in | 50.0°F | 22.2°F | 0.70 in |
| December | 33.4°F | 14.9°F | 0.59 in | 38.9°F | 14.0°F | 0.68 in |
Cities that consider Draper their climate twin
These US cities have Draper in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Draper would feel familiar.
- Gandy, NE (ranks Draper #2)
- Stapleton, NE (ranks Draper #2)
- Arnold, NE (ranks Draper #2)
- Merna, NE (ranks Draper #3)
- Broken Bow, NE (ranks Draper #3)
- Wallace, NE (ranks Draper #3)
- Arthur, NE (ranks Draper #3)
- Plankinton, SD (ranks Draper #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 →