Climate twins of Gilby, ND

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Gilby'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.

Rank 1 closest
Tappen, ND
similarity distance: 0.708 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Martin, ND
similarity distance: 0.725 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Harvey, ND
similarity distance: 0.725 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Gilby vs its climate twin

Top match: Tappen, ND

Month Gilby Tappen
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 15.8°F -3.1°F 0.49 in 18.7°F 0.1°F 0.48 in
February 20.5°F 0.7°F 0.51 in 22.2°F 3.9°F 0.49 in
March 33.9°F 15.0°F 0.91 in 35.7°F 16.8°F 0.94 in
April 52.0°F 29.3°F 1.21 in 51.5°F 28.3°F 1.40 in
May 66.9°F 41.4°F 2.80 in 64.3°F 41.0°F 2.94 in
June 76.4°F 52.9°F 3.77 in 73.4°F 52.2°F 3.70 in
July 80.7°F 57.0°F 3.52 in 80.0°F 57.2°F 3.35 in
August 79.8°F 54.3°F 2.81 in 79.2°F 55.0°F 2.43 in
September 70.4°F 45.3°F 2.26 in 69.7°F 45.8°F 2.29 in
October 53.9°F 32.5°F 1.88 in 53.4°F 31.9°F 1.68 in
November 35.7°F 17.8°F 0.92 in 37.1°F 18.4°F 0.64 in
December 21.4°F 4.2°F 0.66 in 23.4°F 6.8°F 0.57 in

Cities that consider Gilby their climate twin

These US cities have Gilby in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Gilby would feel familiar.

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 →