Climate twins of Bigfork, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Bigfork'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: Bigfork vs its climate twin
Top match: Detroit Lakes, MN
| Month | Bigfork | Detroit Lakes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 15.7°F | -4.7°F | 0.91 in | 17.2°F | -3.6°F | 0.82 in |
| February | 22.1°F | -2.6°F | 0.77 in | 22.7°F | 0.2°F | 0.66 in |
| March | 35.6°F | 12.0°F | 1.32 in | 35.5°F | 15.4°F | 0.96 in |
| April | 49.3°F | 26.9°F | 2.20 in | 52.0°F | 29.1°F | 2.03 in |
| May | 62.9°F | 40.2°F | 3.15 in | 66.4°F | 42.4°F | 3.73 in |
| June | 71.9°F | 51.9°F | 4.21 in | 75.5°F | 53.1°F | 4.90 in |
| July | 76.8°F | 55.8°F | 5.90 in | 79.2°F | 57.5°F | 4.35 in |
| August | 74.8°F | 54.8°F | 3.46 in | 77.7°F | 55.3°F | 3.26 in |
| September | 66.0°F | 46.9°F | 3.71 in | 69.5°F | 46.3°F | 3.55 in |
| October | 50.9°F | 34.6°F | 2.66 in | 53.1°F | 33.5°F | 2.84 in |
| November | 33.9°F | 19.9°F | 1.57 in | 36.7°F | 19.2°F | 1.37 in |
| December | 21.2°F | 5.1°F | 1.26 in | 22.4°F | 5.6°F | 0.98 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 →