Climate twins of Interior, SD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Interior'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: Interior vs its climate twin
Top match: Ogallala, NE
| Month | Interior | Ogallala | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 37.1°F | 14.2°F | 0.46 in | 39.7°F | 15.4°F | 0.51 in |
| February | 40.8°F | 16.2°F | 0.55 in | 42.8°F | 17.7°F | 0.58 in |
| March | 52.5°F | 25.8°F | 1.16 in | 53.4°F | 25.7°F | 1.12 in |
| April | 62.2°F | 34.7°F | 2.26 in | 61.9°F | 34.5°F | 2.23 in |
| May | 72.1°F | 45.7°F | 3.62 in | 71.8°F | 45.6°F | 3.22 in |
| June | 82.7°F | 55.7°F | 3.46 in | 83.4°F | 56.6°F | 3.11 in |
| July | 91.2°F | 62.3°F | 2.23 in | 89.6°F | 62.9°F | 2.90 in |
| August | 90.5°F | 60.2°F | 1.81 in | 87.4°F | 60.8°F | 2.09 in |
| September | 81.8°F | 50.5°F | 1.39 in | 79.2°F | 50.4°F | 1.53 in |
| October | 65.4°F | 37.8°F | 1.59 in | 65.0°F | 36.4°F | 1.26 in |
| November | 50.0°F | 25.2°F | 0.53 in | 51.4°F | 24.7°F | 0.59 in |
| December | 39.0°F | 16.6°F | 0.54 in | 41.1°F | 16.4°F | 0.40 in |
Cities that consider Interior their climate twin
These US cities have Interior in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Interior would feel familiar.
- Ogallala, NE (ranks Interior #1)
- Brule, NE (ranks Interior #1)
- Bridgeport, NE (ranks Interior #2)
- Brady, NE (ranks Interior #3)
- Curtis, NE (ranks Interior #3)
- Maywood, NE (ranks Interior #3)
- Fleming, CO (ranks Interior #3)
- Haxtun, CO (ranks Interior #3)
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 →