Climate twins of Kimball, SD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Kimball'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: Kimball vs its climate twin
Top match: Beresford, SD
| Month | Kimball | Beresford | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 27.1°F | 8.2°F | 0.47 in | 26.9°F | 6.8°F | 0.44 in |
| February | 32.0°F | 11.7°F | 0.68 in | 31.9°F | 11.0°F | 0.63 in |
| March | 44.0°F | 21.7°F | 1.01 in | 44.9°F | 22.9°F | 1.38 in |
| April | 57.0°F | 32.9°F | 3.03 in | 58.5°F | 34.0°F | 2.69 in |
| May | 68.5°F | 46.0°F | 3.72 in | 70.2°F | 46.8°F | 3.87 in |
| June | 78.8°F | 57.1°F | 3.63 in | 80.4°F | 58.1°F | 4.29 in |
| July | 85.5°F | 62.3°F | 2.99 in | 84.4°F | 61.7°F | 3.05 in |
| August | 83.1°F | 59.5°F | 2.58 in | 81.9°F | 59.1°F | 3.20 in |
| September | 75.4°F | 50.2°F | 2.58 in | 75.4°F | 49.6°F | 3.12 in |
| October | 59.8°F | 36.1°F | 1.87 in | 61.5°F | 36.1°F | 2.32 in |
| November | 44.1°F | 22.7°F | 0.70 in | 45.1°F | 22.7°F | 1.23 in |
| December | 30.7°F | 12.6°F | 0.62 in | 31.3°F | 12.0°F | 0.66 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 →