Climate twins of Reliance, SD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Reliance'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: Reliance vs its climate twin
Top match: Dupree, SD
| Month | Reliance | Dupree | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 31.6°F | 9.2°F | 0.45 in | 31.4°F | 9.8°F | 0.41 in |
| February | 36.4°F | 12.7°F | 0.59 in | 35.1°F | 13.1°F | 0.59 in |
| March | 49.0°F | 22.7°F | 0.96 in | 47.9°F | 22.5°F | 0.85 in |
| April | 61.6°F | 32.9°F | 2.34 in | 60.7°F | 32.9°F | 1.98 in |
| May | 72.4°F | 44.9°F | 3.29 in | 71.7°F | 44.0°F | 3.27 in |
| June | 82.4°F | 55.6°F | 3.48 in | 82.3°F | 54.3°F | 3.72 in |
| July | 89.7°F | 61.4°F | 2.84 in | 90.2°F | 60.2°F | 2.49 in |
| August | 87.8°F | 59.2°F | 2.31 in | 89.5°F | 58.3°F | 1.79 in |
| September | 80.3°F | 49.5°F | 1.72 in | 80.0°F | 48.8°F | 1.22 in |
| October | 63.8°F | 35.6°F | 1.63 in | 62.6°F | 35.6°F | 1.60 in |
| November | 47.1°F | 22.3°F | 0.71 in | 46.2°F | 23.1°F | 0.43 in |
| December | 34.3°F | 12.5°F | 0.47 in | 34.2°F | 13.3°F | 0.50 in |
Cities that consider Reliance their climate twin
These US cities have Reliance in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Reliance would feel familiar.
- Dupree, SD (ranks Reliance #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 →