Climate twins of Philip, SD

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Philip'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: Philip vs its climate twin

Top match: Broadus, MT

Month	Philip			Broadus
	High	Low	Precip	High	Low	Precip
January	34.1°F	10.2°F	0.43 in	36.8°F	11.4°F	0.43 in
February	37.8°F	12.6°F	0.47 in	40.3°F	14.4°F	0.52 in
March	48.9°F	22.1°F	0.89 in	51.5°F	23.7°F	0.78 in
April	59.2°F	32.0°F	1.71 in	60.7°F	32.6°F	1.77 in
May	70.0°F	43.3°F	2.96 in	70.5°F	42.3°F	2.75 in
June	81.0°F	53.7°F	2.90 in	81.2°F	52.1°F	2.37 in
July	89.5°F	60.4°F	1.83 in	90.8°F	58.8°F	1.72 in
August	88.5°F	58.0°F	1.48 in	89.6°F	56.1°F	1.28 in
September	79.0°F	47.6°F	1.23 in	79.0°F	45.8°F	1.23 in
October	62.9°F	33.8°F	1.45 in	63.2°F	34.2°F	1.12 in
November	48.1°F	21.6°F	0.49 in	48.2°F	22.1°F	0.47 in
December	36.3°F	12.2°F	0.44 in	37.7°F	13.5°F	0.48 in

Cities that consider Philip their climate twin

These US cities have Philip in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Philip would feel familiar.

Belle Fourche, SD (ranks Philip #1)
Glendive, MT (ranks Philip #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 →