Climate twins of Estelline, SD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Estelline'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: Estelline vs its climate twin
Top match: Barnesville, MN
| Month | Estelline | Barnesville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 20.4°F | 1.7°F | 0.52 in | 18.2°F | -0.9°F | 0.75 in |
| February | 25.5°F | 4.8°F | 0.63 in | 23.0°F | 2.6°F | 0.63 in |
| March | 37.9°F | 18.3°F | 1.18 in | 36.3°F | 17.2°F | 1.08 in |
| April | 52.6°F | 30.3°F | 2.06 in | 52.7°F | 31.3°F | 2.06 in |
| May | 65.4°F | 43.2°F | 3.87 in | 66.9°F | 45.2°F | 3.27 in |
| June | 75.9°F | 53.8°F | 3.98 in | 75.8°F | 56.4°F | 3.93 in |
| July | 80.6°F | 58.2°F | 3.45 in | 80.0°F | 60.0°F | 3.43 in |
| August | 78.8°F | 55.7°F | 2.82 in | 78.4°F | 58.1°F | 2.72 in |
| September | 70.9°F | 46.1°F | 3.06 in | 70.3°F | 48.8°F | 2.75 in |
| October | 56.3°F | 32.7°F | 1.93 in | 54.7°F | 35.0°F | 2.34 in |
| November | 39.1°F | 19.9°F | 0.76 in | 38.0°F | 20.9°F | 0.92 in |
| December | 25.4°F | 8.1°F | 0.52 in | 24.1°F | 7.1°F | 0.89 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 →