Climate twins of Edgemont, SD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Edgemont'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: Edgemont vs its climate twin
Top match: Plevna, MT
| Month | Edgemont | Plevna | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 33.6°F | 4.3°F | 0.37 in | 29.9°F | 6.2°F | 0.48 in |
| February | 38.4°F | 7.8°F | 0.48 in | 33.3°F | 10.2°F | 0.50 in |
| March | 50.3°F | 18.0°F | 0.95 in | 45.3°F | 20.3°F | 0.70 in |
| April | 59.3°F | 27.4°F | 1.84 in | 56.7°F | 30.1°F | 1.55 in |
| May | 68.7°F | 37.9°F | 2.65 in | 67.0°F | 40.5°F | 2.90 in |
| June | 80.1°F | 47.9°F | 2.64 in | 76.8°F | 50.0°F | 2.65 in |
| July | 88.8°F | 54.8°F | 2.21 in | 86.3°F | 56.1°F | 1.86 in |
| August | 87.3°F | 52.1°F | 1.50 in | 85.5°F | 54.0°F | 1.35 in |
| September | 77.6°F | 41.5°F | 1.21 in | 75.1°F | 44.1°F | 1.48 in |
| October | 61.8°F | 27.3°F | 1.26 in | 58.1°F | 31.3°F | 1.16 in |
| November | 46.9°F | 14.8°F | 0.56 in | 43.2°F | 18.9°F | 0.58 in |
| December | 34.8°F | 5.4°F | 0.44 in | 32.4°F | 8.6°F | 0.43 in |
Cities that consider Edgemont their climate twin
These US cities have Edgemont in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Edgemont would feel familiar.
- Ismay, MT (ranks Edgemont #1)
- Plevna, MT (ranks Edgemont #1)
- Baker, MT (ranks Edgemont #1)
- Medora, ND (ranks Edgemont #2)
- Sentinel Butte, ND (ranks Edgemont #1)
- Beach, ND (ranks Edgemont #1)
- Golva, ND (ranks Edgemont #1)
- Circle, MT (ranks Edgemont #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 →