Climate twins of Aldrich, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Aldrich'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: Aldrich vs its climate twin
Top match: Moose Lake, MN
| Month | Aldrich | Moose Lake | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 17.8°F | -1.5°F | 0.87 in | 19.8°F | 0.7°F | 0.79 in |
| February | 23.0°F | 1.8°F | 0.77 in | 25.3°F | 4.3°F | 0.92 in |
| March | 35.5°F | 15.4°F | 1.35 in | 37.7°F | 17.4°F | 1.39 in |
| April | 51.8°F | 29.2°F | 2.58 in | 52.1°F | 29.9°F | 2.57 in |
| May | 65.4°F | 42.3°F | 3.53 in | 65.7°F | 41.0°F | 3.42 in |
| June | 73.9°F | 53.5°F | 4.43 in | 75.1°F | 50.7°F | 4.75 in |
| July | 78.0°F | 57.6°F | 4.27 in | 80.2°F | 57.3°F | 4.80 in |
| August | 76.5°F | 54.8°F | 3.64 in | 78.0°F | 56.2°F | 3.73 in |
| September | 68.6°F | 46.5°F | 2.86 in | 68.9°F | 48.2°F | 3.18 in |
| October | 53.9°F | 33.7°F | 2.84 in | 54.1°F | 35.8°F | 3.10 in |
| November | 37.1°F | 20.3°F | 1.28 in | 38.0°F | 22.8°F | 1.68 in |
| December | 23.5°F | 7.4°F | 0.90 in | 24.7°F | 8.9°F | 1.17 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 →