Climate twins of Mission, SD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Mission'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: Mission vs its climate twin
Top match: Oelrichs, SD
| Month | Mission | Oelrichs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 34.2°F | 11.6°F | 0.48 in | 35.8°F | 12.9°F | 0.41 in |
| February | 37.5°F | 13.9°F | 0.67 in | 39.7°F | 14.4°F | 0.50 in |
| March | 47.8°F | 22.8°F | 1.12 in | 50.9°F | 22.7°F | 1.02 in |
| April | 57.4°F | 32.3°F | 2.50 in | 59.5°F | 30.7°F | 2.04 in |
| May | 68.4°F | 44.0°F | 3.38 in | 68.9°F | 41.4°F | 3.25 in |
| June | 79.4°F | 54.8°F | 3.68 in | 79.9°F | 51.4°F | 3.35 in |
| July | 87.4°F | 60.9°F | 2.61 in | 88.9°F | 58.0°F | 2.00 in |
| August | 85.8°F | 58.5°F | 1.80 in | 88.2°F | 55.9°F | 1.54 in |
| September | 77.1°F | 48.4°F | 1.75 in | 78.9°F | 46.1°F | 1.40 in |
| October | 61.6°F | 34.9°F | 1.69 in | 63.0°F | 33.1°F | 1.35 in |
| November | 47.7°F | 23.3°F | 0.68 in | 48.4°F | 22.0°F | 0.58 in |
| December | 37.0°F | 14.2°F | 0.56 in | 37.0°F | 13.8°F | 0.41 in |
Cities that consider Mission their climate twin
These US cities have Mission in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Mission would feel familiar.
- Chadron, NE (ranks Mission #2)
- Sturgis, SD (ranks Mission #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 →