Climate twins of Oelrichs, SD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Oelrichs'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: Oelrichs vs its climate twin
Top match: Wood, SD
| Month | Oelrichs | Wood | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 35.8°F | 12.9°F | 0.41 in | 33.9°F | 11.1°F | 0.43 in |
| February | 39.7°F | 14.4°F | 0.50 in | 37.5°F | 13.2°F | 0.64 in |
| March | 50.9°F | 22.7°F | 1.02 in | 48.0°F | 22.3°F | 1.21 in |
| April | 59.5°F | 30.7°F | 2.04 in | 58.0°F | 31.8°F | 2.42 in |
| May | 68.9°F | 41.4°F | 3.25 in | 68.8°F | 43.6°F | 3.36 in |
| June | 79.9°F | 51.4°F | 3.35 in | 79.4°F | 54.1°F | 3.50 in |
| July | 88.9°F | 58.0°F | 2.00 in | 87.5°F | 60.1°F | 2.42 in |
| August | 88.2°F | 55.9°F | 1.54 in | 86.2°F | 57.9°F | 1.94 in |
| September | 78.9°F | 46.1°F | 1.40 in | 77.7°F | 48.4°F | 1.82 in |
| October | 63.0°F | 33.1°F | 1.35 in | 62.3°F | 34.9°F | 1.55 in |
| November | 48.4°F | 22.0°F | 0.58 in | 48.0°F | 23.1°F | 0.69 in |
| December | 37.0°F | 13.8°F | 0.41 in | 36.6°F | 14.3°F | 0.51 in |
Cities that consider Oelrichs their climate twin
These US cities have Oelrichs in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Oelrichs would feel familiar.
- Wood, SD (ranks Oelrichs #2)
- Mission, SD (ranks Oelrichs #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 →