Climate twins of Utica, SD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Utica'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: Utica vs its climate twin
Top match: Sutherland, IA
| Month | Utica | Sutherland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 30.0°F | 10.4°F | 0.65 in | 26.7°F | 9.4°F | 0.82 in |
| February | 34.9°F | 14.2°F | 0.91 in | 31.8°F | 13.8°F | 0.89 in |
| March | 47.1°F | 24.6°F | 1.60 in | 45.5°F | 25.6°F | 1.70 in |
| April | 60.0°F | 35.4°F | 3.36 in | 60.5°F | 36.9°F | 3.30 in |
| May | 71.9°F | 47.7°F | 3.68 in | 71.9°F | 49.3°F | 4.11 in |
| June | 82.4°F | 58.9°F | 4.03 in | 81.5°F | 59.9°F | 4.98 in |
| July | 87.1°F | 63.8°F | 3.46 in | 84.6°F | 63.9°F | 3.88 in |
| August | 84.8°F | 61.5°F | 3.26 in | 82.0°F | 61.8°F | 3.58 in |
| September | 77.5°F | 52.1°F | 2.85 in | 76.2°F | 53.2°F | 3.30 in |
| October | 63.3°F | 38.5°F | 2.56 in | 62.4°F | 40.3°F | 2.28 in |
| November | 47.2°F | 25.3°F | 1.27 in | 45.3°F | 26.7°F | 1.49 in |
| December | 34.0°F | 14.9°F | 1.03 in | 31.4°F | 15.3°F | 1.02 in |
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 →