Climate twins of Sutherland, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Sutherland'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: Sutherland vs its climate twin
Top match: White River, SD
| Month | Sutherland | White River | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 38.9°F | 14.4°F | 0.23 in | 35.1°F | 12.2°F | 0.46 in |
| February | 42.0°F | 16.5°F | 0.43 in | 38.6°F | 14.6°F | 0.60 in |
| March | 52.8°F | 24.3°F | 0.85 in | 49.6°F | 23.8°F | 0.88 in |
| April | 61.5°F | 33.0°F | 1.99 in | 59.2°F | 33.5°F | 2.37 in |
| May | 71.4°F | 44.1°F | 3.33 in | 69.9°F | 45.1°F | 3.44 in |
| June | 82.5°F | 54.8°F | 3.82 in | 80.6°F | 54.8°F | 3.46 in |
| July | 88.3°F | 60.4°F | 2.68 in | 89.6°F | 61.5°F | 2.62 in |
| August | 86.5°F | 58.3°F | 2.21 in | 88.2°F | 59.7°F | 2.17 in |
| September | 79.1°F | 48.8°F | 1.58 in | 79.5°F | 50.3°F | 1.63 in |
| October | 65.4°F | 35.7°F | 1.79 in | 63.5°F | 36.7°F | 1.79 in |
| November | 51.4°F | 23.9°F | 0.38 in | 48.8°F | 24.6°F | 0.55 in |
| December | 40.5°F | 15.7°F | 0.29 in | 37.5°F | 15.6°F | 0.44 in |
Cities that consider Sutherland their climate twin
These US cities have Sutherland in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Sutherland would feel familiar.
- White River, SD (ranks Sutherland #1)
- Chamberlain, SD (ranks Sutherland #2)
- Oacoma, SD (ranks Sutherland #2)
- Pukwana, SD (ranks Sutherland #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 →