Climate twins of Circle Pines, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Circle Pines'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: Circle Pines vs its climate twin
Top match: Buck Grove, IA
| Month | Circle Pines | Buck Grove | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 24.6°F | 8.3°F | 0.78 in | 27.4°F | 9.8°F | 0.74 in |
| February | 30.0°F | 11.4°F | 0.81 in | 32.1°F | 13.7°F | 0.98 in |
| March | 42.2°F | 24.1°F | 1.50 in | 45.3°F | 24.8°F | 1.88 in |
| April | 56.5°F | 37.0°F | 3.12 in | 58.4°F | 35.6°F | 3.38 in |
| May | 69.4°F | 50.3°F | 4.31 in | 69.5°F | 48.5°F | 4.62 in |
| June | 78.7°F | 60.1°F | 4.52 in | 79.7°F | 59.2°F | 4.92 in |
| July | 82.7°F | 64.3°F | 4.47 in | 83.1°F | 63.0°F | 4.13 in |
| August | 80.7°F | 62.4°F | 4.45 in | 81.0°F | 60.6°F | 4.43 in |
| September | 73.0°F | 54.4°F | 3.13 in | 74.8°F | 51.7°F | 3.27 in |
| October | 59.0°F | 41.6°F | 3.08 in | 61.5°F | 39.3°F | 2.64 in |
| November | 42.7°F | 28.3°F | 1.84 in | 45.5°F | 26.1°F | 1.45 in |
| December | 29.5°F | 15.6°F | 1.10 in | 32.4°F | 15.9°F | 1.20 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 →