Climate twins of Ashley, ND
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Ashley'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: Ashley vs its climate twin
Top match: New Salem, ND
| Month | Ashley | New Salem | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 20.0°F | 1.3°F | 0.41 in | 21.2°F | 1.8°F | 0.38 in |
| February | 24.4°F | 5.4°F | 0.51 in | 26.2°F | 5.8°F | 0.43 in |
| March | 36.7°F | 17.0°F | 0.90 in | 38.6°F | 17.6°F | 0.71 in |
| April | 52.0°F | 29.2°F | 1.49 in | 53.6°F | 29.0°F | 1.50 in |
| May | 65.0°F | 42.3°F | 3.18 in | 66.1°F | 40.6°F | 2.66 in |
| June | 74.6°F | 53.3°F | 3.61 in | 75.4°F | 50.6°F | 3.45 in |
| July | 81.0°F | 58.3°F | 3.29 in | 82.6°F | 55.9°F | 2.83 in |
| August | 79.7°F | 55.9°F | 2.58 in | 82.2°F | 54.1°F | 2.16 in |
| September | 70.6°F | 46.0°F | 2.00 in | 72.4°F | 44.8°F | 1.73 in |
| October | 54.7°F | 32.2°F | 1.76 in | 55.9°F | 31.3°F | 1.38 in |
| November | 38.5°F | 19.0°F | 0.50 in | 39.1°F | 18.1°F | 0.58 in |
| December | 25.3°F | 8.2°F | 0.51 in | 26.0°F | 7.0°F | 0.52 in |
Cities that consider Ashley their climate twin
These US cities have Ashley in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Ashley would feel familiar.
- New Salem, ND (ranks Ashley #3)
- Garrison, ND (ranks Ashley #2)
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 →