Climate twins of Ada, MN

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Ada'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.

Rank 1 closest
Federal Dam, MN
similarity distance: 0.897 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Boy River, MN
similarity distance: 0.897 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Bena, MN
similarity distance: 0.897 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Ada vs its climate twin

Top match: Federal Dam, MN

Month Ada Federal Dam
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 16.0°F -3.9°F 0.78 in 17.6°F -2.3°F 0.68 in
February 20.8°F -0.8°F 0.66 in 23.8°F 1.2°F 0.68 in
March 34.9°F 14.1°F 1.01 in 37.4°F 15.1°F 1.11 in
April 52.8°F 29.5°F 1.45 in 51.8°F 29.4°F 1.86 in
May 67.2°F 41.6°F 2.87 in 66.1°F 42.7°F 2.91 in
June 76.7°F 53.2°F 4.62 in 75.4°F 53.5°F 3.82 in
July 80.7°F 56.8°F 3.90 in 79.8°F 58.3°F 4.37 in
August 79.7°F 54.0°F 2.93 in 78.2°F 55.9°F 3.20 in
September 70.9°F 45.5°F 2.80 in 69.3°F 47.1°F 3.13 in
October 54.8°F 32.8°F 2.23 in 54.1°F 35.0°F 2.51 in
November 36.6°F 18.5°F 0.87 in 36.4°F 21.3°F 1.22 in
December 22.3°F 4.5°F 0.92 in 23.1°F 6.8°F 1.09 in

Cities that consider Ada their climate twin

These US cities have Ada in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Ada would feel familiar.

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 →