Climate twins of Woonsocket, SD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Woonsocket'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: Woonsocket vs its climate twin
Top match: St. Leo, MN
| Month | Woonsocket | St. Leo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 26.2°F | 4.8°F | 0.54 in | 23.4°F | 5.4°F | 0.84 in |
| February | 31.9°F | 8.6°F | 0.79 in | 27.8°F | 9.4°F | 0.90 in |
| March | 44.8°F | 20.5°F | 1.05 in | 39.6°F | 21.0°F | 1.52 in |
| April | 59.6°F | 31.8°F | 2.92 in | 54.6°F | 33.3°F | 2.80 in |
| May | 70.6°F | 44.4°F | 3.58 in | 68.1°F | 46.2°F | 3.43 in |
| June | 80.5°F | 55.1°F | 3.71 in | 78.3°F | 57.1°F | 4.11 in |
| July | 86.0°F | 59.5°F | 3.10 in | 83.0°F | 61.5°F | 3.33 in |
| August | 83.3°F | 57.1°F | 3.05 in | 80.7°F | 58.9°F | 3.35 in |
| September | 76.5°F | 48.2°F | 2.26 in | 73.2°F | 50.0°F | 2.80 in |
| October | 61.3°F | 34.3°F | 2.08 in | 58.7°F | 36.8°F | 2.41 in |
| November | 44.4°F | 20.7°F | 0.88 in | 42.0°F | 23.8°F | 1.35 in |
| December | 31.0°F | 9.9°F | 0.64 in | 28.5°F | 12.0°F | 1.11 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 →