Climate twins of Sargent, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Sargent'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: Sargent vs its climate twin
Top match: Winside, NE
| Month | Sargent | Winside | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 36.0°F | 9.2°F | 0.57 in | 30.2°F | 10.8°F | 0.55 in |
| February | 39.0°F | 12.8°F | 0.85 in | 35.0°F | 14.5°F | 0.75 in |
| March | 49.0°F | 22.3°F | 1.53 in | 47.4°F | 24.4°F | 1.42 in |
| April | 59.1°F | 32.2°F | 3.28 in | 60.1°F | 35.3°F | 2.99 in |
| May | 69.6°F | 44.0°F | 4.06 in | 71.0°F | 47.8°F | 4.20 in |
| June | 80.2°F | 55.2°F | 4.10 in | 81.2°F | 59.0°F | 4.40 in |
| July | 85.7°F | 60.4°F | 3.07 in | 85.1°F | 63.4°F | 2.69 in |
| August | 84.2°F | 57.7°F | 3.19 in | 82.8°F | 60.8°F | 3.57 in |
| September | 76.5°F | 48.5°F | 2.18 in | 75.9°F | 51.4°F | 2.58 in |
| October | 63.5°F | 33.6°F | 2.25 in | 62.5°F | 38.3°F | 2.28 in |
| November | 48.8°F | 21.0°F | 1.03 in | 47.0°F | 25.3°F | 1.21 in |
| December | 37.9°F | 12.4°F | 0.72 in | 34.1°F | 15.3°F | 0.83 in |
Cities that consider Sargent their climate twin
These US cities have Sargent in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Sargent would feel familiar.
- Kimball, SD (ranks Sargent #2)
- Plankinton, SD (ranks Sargent #1)
- White Lake, SD (ranks Sargent #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 →