Climate twins of Wilmot, SD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Wilmot'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: Wilmot vs its climate twin
Top match: Roscoe, SD
| Month | Wilmot | Roscoe | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 21.7°F | 2.6°F | 0.77 in | 21.4°F | 3.2°F | 0.54 in |
| February | 25.7°F | 5.9°F | 0.80 in | 26.1°F | 6.7°F | 0.66 in |
| March | 38.6°F | 19.0°F | 1.16 in | 38.7°F | 17.9°F | 0.95 in |
| April | 54.2°F | 30.8°F | 2.52 in | 54.2°F | 29.9°F | 1.84 in |
| May | 67.5°F | 44.7°F | 2.89 in | 66.9°F | 43.0°F | 3.16 in |
| June | 77.7°F | 56.1°F | 3.70 in | 76.8°F | 54.2°F | 3.70 in |
| July | 82.4°F | 60.0°F | 3.66 in | 82.8°F | 58.7°F | 3.24 in |
| August | 80.0°F | 57.1°F | 2.69 in | 81.4°F | 56.2°F | 2.30 in |
| September | 72.9°F | 47.9°F | 2.34 in | 72.6°F | 46.6°F | 1.91 in |
| October | 57.6°F | 34.9°F | 2.38 in | 56.7°F | 33.3°F | 1.79 in |
| November | 40.7°F | 21.6°F | 0.93 in | 39.8°F | 19.9°F | 0.69 in |
| December | 26.8°F | 10.2°F | 0.76 in | 26.4°F | 9.2°F | 0.64 in |
Cities that consider Wilmot their climate twin
These US cities have Wilmot in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Wilmot would feel familiar.
- Cresbard, SD (ranks Wilmot #2)
- Faulkton, SD (ranks Wilmot #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 →