Climate twins of Bowbells, ND
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Bowbells'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: Bowbells vs its climate twin
Top match: Martin, ND
| Month | Bowbells | Martin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 18.8°F | 0.4°F | 1.00 in | 16.9°F | -1.8°F | 0.41 in |
| February | 22.8°F | 3.5°F | 0.73 in | 21.7°F | 1.8°F | 0.41 in |
| March | 35.6°F | 14.6°F | 0.89 in | 34.6°F | 15.1°F | 0.73 in |
| April | 52.1°F | 27.7°F | 0.96 in | 51.9°F | 28.9°F | 1.07 in |
| May | 65.3°F | 40.8°F | 2.50 in | 66.3°F | 42.0°F | 2.69 in |
| June | 74.0°F | 51.3°F | 3.38 in | 75.0°F | 52.9°F | 3.62 in |
| July | 79.9°F | 55.5°F | 2.99 in | 80.5°F | 56.9°F | 3.14 in |
| August | 80.0°F | 52.7°F | 2.19 in | 79.6°F | 53.7°F | 2.34 in |
| September | 69.0°F | 43.2°F | 1.92 in | 70.5°F | 44.5°F | 1.84 in |
| October | 52.4°F | 30.5°F | 1.25 in | 54.1°F | 30.8°F | 1.41 in |
| November | 35.3°F | 16.9°F | 0.79 in | 35.7°F | 16.4°F | 0.69 in |
| December | 22.6°F | 5.6°F | 0.89 in | 21.9°F | 4.4°F | 0.90 in |
Cities that consider Bowbells their climate twin
These US cities have Bowbells in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Bowbells would feel familiar.
- Harvey, ND (ranks Bowbells #2)
- Martin, ND (ranks Bowbells #1)
- Anamoose, ND (ranks Bowbells #1)
- Hansboro, ND (ranks Bowbells #3)
- Sarles, ND (ranks Bowbells #3)
- Rocklake, ND (ranks Bowbells #3)
- Calvin, ND (ranks Bowbells #3)
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 →