Climate twins of Brainerd, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Brainerd'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: Brainerd vs its climate twin
Top match: Spooner, WI
| Month | Brainerd | Spooner | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 19.6°F | -2.0°F | 0.80 in | 20.7°F | 0.9°F | 0.79 in |
| February | 25.4°F | 0.9°F | 0.78 in | 26.4°F | 4.4°F | 0.80 in |
| March | 38.4°F | 14.8°F | 1.47 in | 39.5°F | 17.7°F | 1.43 in |
| April | 53.0°F | 28.8°F | 2.54 in | 53.7°F | 31.0°F | 2.77 in |
| May | 66.6°F | 42.8°F | 3.93 in | 66.7°F | 43.6°F | 4.08 in |
| June | 75.8°F | 53.3°F | 4.64 in | 76.1°F | 53.7°F | 4.23 in |
| July | 80.1°F | 57.8°F | 4.37 in | 80.1°F | 58.0°F | 3.99 in |
| August | 78.4°F | 55.0°F | 3.59 in | 78.3°F | 56.0°F | 3.90 in |
| September | 69.9°F | 46.2°F | 3.00 in | 69.6°F | 48.0°F | 3.61 in |
| October | 55.2°F | 33.8°F | 2.98 in | 55.6°F | 35.9°F | 3.16 in |
| November | 38.3°F | 20.8°F | 1.49 in | 39.0°F | 22.8°F | 1.66 in |
| December | 24.8°F | 7.4°F | 1.04 in | 25.7°F | 9.2°F | 1.19 in |
Cities that consider Brainerd their climate twin
These US cities have Brainerd in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Brainerd would feel familiar.
- Hitterdal, MN (ranks Brainerd #1)
- Almena, WI (ranks Brainerd #2)
- Cumberland, WI (ranks Brainerd #2)
- Haugen, WI (ranks Brainerd #2)
- Turtle Lake, WI (ranks Brainerd #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 →