Climate twins of Chatfield, MN

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Chatfield'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: Chatfield vs its climate twin

Top match: Hancock, WI

Month Chatfield Hancock
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 23.6°F 4.1°F 1.09 in 24.9°F 6.9°F 1.14 in
February 28.2°F 8.0°F 1.18 in 29.6°F 9.7°F 0.97 in
March 40.9°F 20.6°F 2.00 in 41.3°F 21.2°F 1.86 in
April 55.4°F 32.1°F 3.84 in 55.1°F 32.9°F 3.57 in
May 67.6°F 43.7°F 4.52 in 68.1°F 45.2°F 4.19 in
June 77.7°F 54.0°F 5.95 in 77.4°F 55.2°F 4.95 in
July 81.1°F 58.2°F 4.17 in 81.5°F 58.8°F 4.15 in
August 79.3°F 55.7°F 4.29 in 79.3°F 57.3°F 4.02 in
September 72.5°F 47.3°F 3.68 in 71.6°F 49.3°F 3.31 in
October 58.8°F 34.6°F 2.73 in 58.1°F 37.4°F 2.71 in
November 42.7°F 23.2°F 1.89 in 42.6°F 25.6°F 1.98 in
December 29.4°F 11.7°F 1.44 in 29.9°F 13.8°F 1.42 in

Cities that consider Chatfield their climate twin

These US cities have Chatfield in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Chatfield would feel familiar.

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 →