Climate twins of Buckman, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Buckman'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: Buckman vs its climate twin
Top match: Spooner, WI
| Month | Buckman | Spooner | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 19.5°F | -0.2°F | 0.73 in | 20.7°F | 0.9°F | 0.79 in |
| February | 25.3°F | 3.2°F | 0.77 in | 26.4°F | 4.4°F | 0.80 in |
| March | 38.1°F | 17.0°F | 1.47 in | 39.5°F | 17.7°F | 1.43 in |
| April | 53.5°F | 29.3°F | 2.62 in | 53.7°F | 31.0°F | 2.77 in |
| May | 67.0°F | 42.4°F | 3.50 in | 66.7°F | 43.6°F | 4.08 in |
| June | 76.3°F | 53.6°F | 4.60 in | 76.1°F | 53.7°F | 4.23 in |
| July | 80.3°F | 58.1°F | 4.10 in | 80.1°F | 58.0°F | 3.99 in |
| August | 78.4°F | 55.1°F | 3.94 in | 78.3°F | 56.0°F | 3.90 in |
| September | 70.8°F | 47.0°F | 3.07 in | 69.6°F | 48.0°F | 3.61 in |
| October | 55.7°F | 34.9°F | 2.72 in | 55.6°F | 35.9°F | 3.16 in |
| November | 39.0°F | 21.0°F | 1.52 in | 39.0°F | 22.8°F | 1.66 in |
| December | 25.4°F | 8.5°F | 1.01 in | 25.7°F | 9.2°F | 1.19 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 →