Climate twins of Highmore, SD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Highmore'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: Highmore vs its climate twin
Top match: Hetland, SD
| Month | Highmore | Hetland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 26.6°F | 6.6°F | 0.36 in | 23.7°F | 5.3°F | 0.79 in |
| February | 31.7°F | 10.6°F | 0.62 in | 28.7°F | 9.6°F | 0.76 in |
| March | 44.4°F | 21.7°F | 1.07 in | 41.2°F | 21.2°F | 1.38 in |
| April | 58.6°F | 32.3°F | 2.52 in | 56.8°F | 33.0°F | 2.60 in |
| May | 69.7°F | 43.8°F | 3.69 in | 69.2°F | 46.1°F | 3.97 in |
| June | 79.0°F | 54.7°F | 4.03 in | 78.3°F | 56.7°F | 4.10 in |
| July | 86.0°F | 60.3°F | 2.97 in | 82.7°F | 60.7°F | 3.19 in |
| August | 84.6°F | 58.5°F | 2.60 in | 80.4°F | 58.6°F | 3.08 in |
| September | 76.7°F | 49.5°F | 2.02 in | 72.9°F | 50.0°F | 2.55 in |
| October | 60.6°F | 36.1°F | 1.86 in | 58.1°F | 36.4°F | 2.15 in |
| November | 43.8°F | 22.4°F | 0.55 in | 41.6°F | 22.9°F | 1.09 in |
| December | 30.5°F | 11.6°F | 0.47 in | 28.0°F | 11.1°F | 0.58 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 →