Climate twins of Faulkton, SD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Faulkton'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: Faulkton vs its climate twin
Top match: Wilmot, SD
| Month | Faulkton | Wilmot | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 24.0°F | 4.4°F | 0.67 in | 21.7°F | 2.6°F | 0.77 in |
| February | 28.7°F | 8.0°F | 0.80 in | 25.7°F | 5.9°F | 0.80 in |
| March | 41.1°F | 19.2°F | 1.02 in | 38.6°F | 19.0°F | 1.16 in |
| April | 56.1°F | 31.1°F | 2.02 in | 54.2°F | 30.8°F | 2.52 in |
| May | 68.3°F | 43.6°F | 3.24 in | 67.5°F | 44.7°F | 2.89 in |
| June | 78.3°F | 54.1°F | 3.59 in | 77.7°F | 56.1°F | 3.70 in |
| July | 84.5°F | 58.6°F | 2.74 in | 82.4°F | 60.0°F | 3.66 in |
| August | 83.1°F | 56.6°F | 2.67 in | 80.0°F | 57.1°F | 2.69 in |
| September | 74.4°F | 47.3°F | 2.04 in | 72.9°F | 47.9°F | 2.34 in |
| October | 58.7°F | 33.9°F | 1.86 in | 57.6°F | 34.9°F | 2.38 in |
| November | 42.3°F | 20.6°F | 0.78 in | 40.7°F | 21.6°F | 0.93 in |
| December | 28.8°F | 10.0°F | 0.57 in | 26.8°F | 10.2°F | 0.76 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 →