Climate twins of Steele, ND
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Steele'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: Steele vs its climate twin
Top match: Lisbon, ND
| Month | Steele | Lisbon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 20.5°F | 1.4°F | 0.63 in | 18.5°F | -0.3°F | 0.71 in |
| February | 24.9°F | 5.5°F | 0.61 in | 23.7°F | 3.4°F | 0.89 in |
| March | 38.0°F | 17.5°F | 0.95 in | 37.1°F | 16.2°F | 0.96 in |
| April | 54.5°F | 29.4°F | 1.41 in | 53.5°F | 29.1°F | 1.52 in |
| May | 67.3°F | 41.4°F | 2.81 in | 67.4°F | 42.5°F | 3.11 in |
| June | 75.8°F | 52.0°F | 3.43 in | 77.1°F | 53.8°F | 3.40 in |
| July | 81.8°F | 56.9°F | 3.36 in | 82.0°F | 58.4°F | 2.90 in |
| August | 81.2°F | 54.5°F | 2.57 in | 80.6°F | 55.4°F | 2.65 in |
| September | 72.0°F | 45.6°F | 2.12 in | 72.1°F | 45.7°F | 2.40 in |
| October | 56.1°F | 32.4°F | 1.81 in | 56.1°F | 32.2°F | 2.20 in |
| November | 38.8°F | 18.9°F | 0.86 in | 38.7°F | 19.1°F | 0.78 in |
| December | 25.0°F | 7.5°F | 0.80 in | 24.6°F | 7.2°F | 0.75 in |
Cities that consider Steele their climate twin
These US cities have Steele in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Steele would feel familiar.
- Elliott, ND (ranks Steele #1)
- Lisbon, ND (ranks Steele #1)
- Oriska, ND (ranks Steele #1)
- Tower City, ND (ranks Steele #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 →