Climate twins of Webster, SD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Webster'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: Webster vs its climate twin
Top match: Garfield, MN
| Month | Webster | Garfield | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 20.4°F | 2.4°F | 0.84 in | 19.0°F | 2.3°F | 0.38 in |
| February | 25.3°F | 6.3°F | 0.75 in | 23.7°F | 6.0°F | 0.41 in |
| March | 38.0°F | 18.9°F | 1.11 in | 36.6°F | 19.4°F | 1.00 in |
| April | 52.9°F | 31.9°F | 2.22 in | 52.4°F | 32.7°F | 2.04 in |
| May | 66.4°F | 45.2°F | 3.39 in | 66.3°F | 45.5°F | 3.05 in |
| June | 76.0°F | 56.1°F | 3.97 in | 75.7°F | 56.4°F | 3.72 in |
| July | 80.9°F | 61.1°F | 4.02 in | 80.2°F | 60.9°F | 4.00 in |
| August | 79.0°F | 59.0°F | 2.97 in | 78.3°F | 58.7°F | 3.46 in |
| September | 70.7°F | 49.6°F | 2.56 in | 69.9°F | 50.1°F | 2.63 in |
| October | 55.4°F | 35.7°F | 2.47 in | 54.5°F | 37.0°F | 2.21 in |
| November | 38.8°F | 21.3°F | 0.71 in | 37.6°F | 23.0°F | 0.83 in |
| December | 25.4°F | 9.2°F | 1.06 in | 24.2°F | 9.6°F | 0.36 in |
Cities that consider Webster their climate twin
These US cities have Webster in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Webster would feel familiar.
- Glenwood, MN (ranks Webster #2)
- Long Beach, MN (ranks Webster #2)
- Lowry, MN (ranks Webster #2)
- Sedan, MN (ranks Webster #3)
- Villard, MN (ranks Webster #3)
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 →