Climate twins of Waubay, SD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Waubay'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: Waubay vs its climate twin
Top match: Lebanon, SD
| Month | Waubay | Lebanon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 21.7°F | 3.5°F | 0.60 in | 24.8°F | 5.3°F | 0.29 in |
| February | 26.4°F | 7.0°F | 0.54 in | 29.1°F | 9.3°F | 0.57 in |
| March | 38.7°F | 19.2°F | 0.84 in | 41.5°F | 20.3°F | 0.66 in |
| April | 54.0°F | 32.8°F | 1.96 in | 55.8°F | 32.0°F | 1.86 in |
| May | 67.6°F | 46.6°F | 2.93 in | 67.5°F | 43.8°F | 3.03 in |
| June | 76.8°F | 57.6°F | 3.69 in | 77.7°F | 54.6°F | 3.45 in |
| July | 81.7°F | 62.2°F | 3.79 in | 84.3°F | 59.8°F | 3.01 in |
| August | 80.5°F | 60.8°F | 2.26 in | 83.0°F | 57.8°F | 2.49 in |
| September | 72.6°F | 52.0°F | 2.39 in | 73.8°F | 48.2°F | 2.01 in |
| October | 57.0°F | 38.4°F | 2.17 in | 58.0°F | 34.7°F | 1.89 in |
| November | 39.9°F | 23.9°F | 0.69 in | 41.8°F | 21.3°F | 0.51 in |
| December | 26.5°F | 10.5°F | 0.66 in | 28.9°F | 10.1°F | 0.40 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 →