Climate twins of Pollock, SD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Pollock'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: Pollock vs its climate twin
Top match: Surrey, ND
| Month | Pollock | Surrey | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 24.1°F | 3.0°F | 0.37 in | 23.3°F | 4.4°F | 0.28 in |
| February | 29.0°F | 7.5°F | 0.46 in | 27.0°F | 7.7°F | 0.29 in |
| March | 41.9°F | 19.3°F | 0.71 in | 39.5°F | 19.0°F | 0.51 in |
| April | 57.8°F | 31.6°F | 1.32 in | 55.8°F | 31.2°F | 1.00 in |
| May | 69.8°F | 44.0°F | 2.77 in | 68.9°F | 43.3°F | 2.73 in |
| June | 79.0°F | 54.5°F | 3.21 in | 77.5°F | 53.6°F | 3.73 in |
| July | 85.4°F | 59.7°F | 2.74 in | 83.8°F | 58.5°F | 2.50 in |
| August | 84.3°F | 57.4°F | 2.18 in | 83.7°F | 56.4°F | 2.08 in |
| September | 75.2°F | 47.8°F | 1.54 in | 73.1°F | 47.1°F | 1.57 in |
| October | 58.3°F | 34.4°F | 1.58 in | 56.8°F | 34.3°F | 1.15 in |
| November | 41.3°F | 20.6°F | 0.49 in | 39.7°F | 20.6°F | 0.56 in |
| December | 28.3°F | 8.9°F | 0.46 in | 27.2°F | 9.3°F | 0.31 in |
Cities that consider Pollock their climate twin
These US cities have Pollock in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Pollock would feel familiar.
- Burlington, ND (ranks Pollock #1)
- Minot, ND (ranks Pollock #1)
- Surrey, ND (ranks Pollock #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 →