Climate twins of Howard, SD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Howard'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: Howard vs its climate twin
Top match: Royal, IA
| Month | Howard | Royal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 29.1°F | 4.6°F | 0.63 in | 25.8°F | 8.1°F | 0.25 in |
| February | 34.1°F | 9.0°F | 0.67 in | 30.3°F | 12.6°F | 0.43 in |
| March | 46.8°F | 20.8°F | 1.37 in | 43.6°F | 24.8°F | 1.44 in |
| April | 61.0°F | 31.8°F | 2.68 in | 58.9°F | 35.5°F | 2.82 in |
| May | 72.5°F | 44.8°F | 3.88 in | 70.9°F | 47.9°F | 3.83 in |
| June | 82.3°F | 55.8°F | 3.70 in | 80.9°F | 58.7°F | 4.01 in |
| July | 87.3°F | 60.2°F | 3.51 in | 84.5°F | 62.3°F | 3.84 in |
| August | 84.9°F | 57.6°F | 2.89 in | 81.9°F | 59.2°F | 3.29 in |
| September | 77.4°F | 48.4°F | 2.96 in | 75.8°F | 50.2°F | 3.21 in |
| October | 62.6°F | 35.1°F | 2.35 in | 61.3°F | 37.4°F | 2.22 in |
| November | 46.9°F | 21.3°F | 1.02 in | 44.6°F | 24.7°F | 1.07 in |
| December | 33.1°F | 10.2°F | 0.69 in | 30.7°F | 13.6°F | 0.42 in |
Cities that consider Howard their climate twin
These US cities have Howard in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Howard would feel familiar.
- Royal, IA (ranks Howard #1)
- Bassett, NE (ranks Howard #1)
- Albion, NE (ranks Howard #1)
- Newman Grove, NE (ranks Howard #1)
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 →