Climate twins of Roscoe, SD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Roscoe'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: Roscoe vs its climate twin
Top match: Watertown, SD
| Month | Roscoe | Watertown | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 21.4°F | 3.2°F | 0.54 in | 21.4°F | 3.1°F | 0.58 in |
| February | 26.1°F | 6.7°F | 0.66 in | 25.9°F | 6.7°F | 0.65 in |
| March | 38.7°F | 17.9°F | 0.95 in | 38.6°F | 19.6°F | 1.00 in |
| April | 54.2°F | 29.9°F | 1.84 in | 54.0°F | 31.5°F | 2.06 in |
| May | 66.9°F | 43.0°F | 3.16 in | 66.9°F | 44.5°F | 2.87 in |
| June | 76.8°F | 54.2°F | 3.70 in | 76.8°F | 55.4°F | 3.85 in |
| July | 82.8°F | 58.7°F | 3.24 in | 82.0°F | 60.0°F | 3.05 in |
| August | 81.4°F | 56.2°F | 2.30 in | 79.5°F | 57.5°F | 2.89 in |
| September | 72.6°F | 46.6°F | 1.91 in | 71.6°F | 48.6°F | 2.45 in |
| October | 56.7°F | 33.3°F | 1.79 in | 56.2°F | 35.2°F | 1.95 in |
| November | 39.8°F | 19.9°F | 0.69 in | 39.8°F | 21.3°F | 0.68 in |
| December | 26.4°F | 9.2°F | 0.64 in | 26.3°F | 9.3°F | 0.68 in |
Cities that consider Roscoe their climate twin
These US cities have Roscoe in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Roscoe would feel familiar.
- Watertown, SD (ranks Roscoe #1)
- Lidgerwood, ND (ranks Roscoe #1)
- Mantador, ND (ranks Roscoe #1)
- Wilmot, SD (ranks Roscoe #1)
- Fairmount, ND (ranks Roscoe #2)
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 →