Climate twins of Beardsley, MN

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Beardsley'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
Chelsea, SD
similarity distance: 0.774 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Buxton, ND
similarity distance: 1.050 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Climax, MN
similarity distance: 1.050 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Beardsley vs its climate twin

Top match: Chelsea, SD

Month Beardsley Chelsea
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 22.3°F 0.5°F 0.93 in 22.1°F 1.4°F 0.57 in
February 27.1°F 5.1°F 0.89 in 27.2°F 5.1°F 0.65 in
March 39.5°F 17.3°F 1.28 in 40.0°F 17.1°F 0.90 in
April 55.3°F 30.1°F 2.49 in 55.8°F 29.2°F 2.11 in
May 69.4°F 43.2°F 2.82 in 68.5°F 42.8°F 3.34 in
June 78.8°F 54.3°F 3.75 in 78.5°F 54.2°F 3.47 in
July 83.6°F 58.6°F 3.97 in 83.7°F 58.9°F 3.51 in
August 81.7°F 55.6°F 2.67 in 81.8°F 55.2°F 2.54 in
September 73.5°F 46.1°F 2.43 in 73.8°F 45.1°F 2.35 in
October 58.4°F 33.8°F 2.31 in 58.5°F 31.7°F 2.12 in
November 41.8°F 20.5°F 1.00 in 41.8°F 18.6°F 0.73 in
December 27.7°F 8.1°F 0.81 in 27.7°F 7.2°F 0.67 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 →