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Land with a climate like Watertown, South Dakota

🇺🇸Watertown, South Dakota, United States

The towns with the closest growing climate to Watertown, South Dakota are Aberdeen, United States (99% match), Bismarck and Saint Cloud. About 258,000 sq mi of land in 1 country matches 80% or better, most of it in North Dakota, United States, Minnesota, United States and Wisconsin, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Watertown, South Dakota are Aberdeen, United States (99% match), Bismarck and Saint Cloud. About 668,000 km² of land in 1 country matches 80% or better, most of it in North Dakota, United States, Minnesota, United States and Wisconsin, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 5a · 154 frost-free days · 3,620 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 5a · 154 frost-free days · 3,620 chill hours · 594 mm rain

What grows in Watertown, South Dakota →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸North Dakota, United States

    42k sq mi108k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bismarck (99), Mandan (98)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Minnesota, United States

    37k sq mi96k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Saint Cloud (99), Sartell (98)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸Wisconsin, United States

    33k sq mi86k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Menomonie (91), Superior (91)

Regions are states and provinces, counting land within 75 km of a town. At most three per country, so the list covers the world.

Closest towns

  1. 1

    🇺🇸AberdeenSouth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 152 frost-free days · 3,617 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 4b · 152 frost-free days · 3,617 chill hours · 558 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇺🇸BismarckNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 144 frost-free days · 3,664 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 4b · 144 frost-free days · 3,664 chill hours · 467 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇸Saint CloudMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5a · 156 frost-free days · 3,567 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 5a · 156 frost-free days · 3,567 chill hours · 709 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇸Elk RiverMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5a · 159 frost-free days · 3,546 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 5a · 159 frost-free days · 3,546 chill hours · 745 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, lavender, sorghum

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇺🇸FargoNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 152 frost-free days · 3,676 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 4b · 152 frost-free days · 3,676 chill hours · 591 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean

    96%match
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    🇺🇸WillmarMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5a · 161 frost-free days · 3,563 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 5a · 161 frost-free days · 3,563 chill hours · 743 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, sorghum

    94%match
  7. 7

    🇺🇸JamestownNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,737 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,737 chill hours · 515 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops

    94%match
  8. 8

    🇺🇸Sioux FallsSouth Dakota, United States

    Zone 5b · 161 frost-free days · 3,428 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 5b · 161 frost-free days · 3,428 chill hours · 633 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, sorghum, soybean

    93%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇸MitchellSouth Dakota, United States

    Zone 5b · 163 frost-free days · 3,359 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 5b · 163 frost-free days · 3,359 chill hours · 596 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, sorghum, soybean

    91%match
  10. 10

    🇺🇸MinnetonkaMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5a · 163 frost-free days · 3,487 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 5a · 163 frost-free days · 3,487 chill hours · 761 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, sorghum, lavender

    91%match
  11. 11

    🇺🇸MinotNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,769 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,769 chill hours · 476 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 15 great-fit crops

    91%match
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    🇺🇸Grand ForksNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 142 frost-free days · 3,764 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 4b · 142 frost-free days · 3,764 chill hours · 535 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 15 great-fit crops

    90%match
  13. 13

    🇺🇸MankatoMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5b · 164 frost-free days · 3,449 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 5b · 164 frost-free days · 3,449 chill hours · 793 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, lavender, sorghum

    90%match
  14. 14

    🇺🇸WoodburyMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5b · 164 frost-free days · 3,466 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 5b · 164 frost-free days · 3,466 chill hours · 746 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, lavender, sorghum

    90%match
  15. 15

    🇺🇸Eau ClaireWisconsin, United States

    Zone 5a · 162 frost-free days · 3,447 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 5a · 162 frost-free days · 3,447 chill hours · 795 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, lavender, sorghum

    90%match
  16. 16

    🇺🇸Red WingMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5b · 164 frost-free days · 3,444 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 5b · 164 frost-free days · 3,444 chill hours · 775 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, soybean, sorghum

    89%match
  17. 17

    🇺🇸OwatonnaMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5b · 162 frost-free days · 3,491 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 5b · 162 frost-free days · 3,491 chill hours · 820 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, lavender, sorghum

    88%match
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    🇺🇸DickinsonNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 5a · 138 frost-free days · 3,691 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 5a · 138 frost-free days · 3,691 chill hours · 425 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, lavender

    88%match
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    🇺🇸WillistonNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,697 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,697 chill hours · 373 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean

    88%match
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    🇺🇸Stevens PointWisconsin, United States

    Zone 5b · 158 frost-free days · 3,537 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 5b · 158 frost-free days · 3,537 chill hours · 797 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, soybean

    87%match

Any town over 15,000 people, skipping those within 75 km of you. ↻ = seasons flipped across the equator.

How matching works

We compare all twelve months of average highs and lows, rain, humidity and sunshine, the same way as Climatch's places-like search, but weighted for growing: winter lows count most, since frost, chill and hardiness decide which perennials survive, then summer highs and rain. Humidity counts least.

Scores show how unusual a match this close is: 80 or better is closer than all but about 2% of random pairs of places. Across the equator seasons are lined up (↻), so a southern farm's January is compared with a northern July. Climate is only part of it: check soil, water and day length (it matters for photoperiod crops) before buying land.

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Climate data: TerraClimate 1991–2020 monthly averages (Abatzoglou, J.T. et al., 2018, Scientific Data 5:170191). Humidity is derived from TerraClimate vapor pressure; “sunshine” is solar radiation.

Places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors, tiles by OpenFreeMap.

Grower tools: crop ranges from FAO ECOCROP and university extension guides (cited per crop). Daily weather, frost dates and chill are estimated from the monthly averages; chill portions use the Dynamic Model (Fishman, Erez & Couvillon, 1987), hardiness zones follow the USDA definition.