Climate twins of Ashland, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Ashland'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: Ashland vs its climate twin
Top match: Pine City, MN
| Month | Ashland | Pine City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 21.4°F | 4.4°F | 1.31 in | 19.4°F | -0.9°F | 0.95 in |
| February | 25.8°F | 7.2°F | 1.08 in | 25.3°F | 3.3°F | 0.90 in |
| March | 36.8°F | 17.6°F | 1.62 in | 37.5°F | 15.7°F | 1.64 in |
| April | 48.9°F | 29.2°F | 2.94 in | 52.2°F | 28.4°F | 2.77 in |
| May | 63.1°F | 39.6°F | 3.63 in | 65.4°F | 39.9°F | 3.81 in |
| June | 72.7°F | 49.7°F | 4.18 in | 74.6°F | 50.3°F | 4.64 in |
| July | 78.1°F | 56.3°F | 4.08 in | 79.4°F | 54.9°F | 4.07 in |
| August | 77.0°F | 54.9°F | 3.77 in | 77.3°F | 52.4°F | 4.26 in |
| September | 68.7°F | 47.3°F | 3.58 in | 69.4°F | 44.0°F | 3.61 in |
| October | 54.9°F | 35.1°F | 3.26 in | 54.6°F | 32.1°F | 3.45 in |
| November | 39.4°F | 24.2°F | 1.79 in | 38.7°F | 20.9°F | 1.61 in |
| December | 27.2°F | 12.3°F | 1.59 in | 25.6°F | 8.5°F | 1.30 in |
Cities that consider Ashland their climate twin
These US cities have Ashland in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Ashland would feel familiar.
- Gillett, WI (ranks Ashland #1)
- Suring, WI (ranks Ashland #1)
- Norway, MI (ranks Ashland #1)
- Niagara, WI (ranks Ashland #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 →