Climate twins of Leola, SD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Leola'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: Leola vs its climate twin
Top match: Climax, MN
| Month | Leola | Climax | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 21.6°F | 0.8°F | 0.60 in | 17.9°F | 1.0°F | 0.55 in |
| February | 26.1°F | 5.3°F | 0.68 in | 22.5°F | 4.2°F | 0.59 in |
| March | 38.5°F | 16.7°F | 1.00 in | 35.9°F | 19.5°F | 1.20 in |
| April | 54.9°F | 29.5°F | 1.92 in | 53.0°F | 33.7°F | 1.39 in |
| May | 67.5°F | 43.1°F | 3.15 in | 67.7°F | 45.8°F | 2.77 in |
| June | 77.3°F | 54.1°F | 3.65 in | 77.0°F | 57.3°F | 3.65 in |
| July | 82.5°F | 59.0°F | 3.09 in | 81.3°F | 61.1°F | 3.43 in |
| August | 80.8°F | 55.5°F | 2.98 in | 80.2°F | 58.4°F | 2.59 in |
| September | 72.9°F | 45.8°F | 1.82 in | 71.3°F | 49.7°F | 2.16 in |
| October | 56.7°F | 32.2°F | 1.75 in | 55.2°F | 36.8°F | 2.21 in |
| November | 39.5°F | 19.2°F | 0.71 in | 38.2°F | 22.3°F | 0.86 in |
| December | 26.0°F | 7.6°F | 0.45 in | 23.7°F | 9.4°F | 0.91 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 →