Climate twins of Clements, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Clements'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: Clements vs its climate twin
Top match: Hetland, SD
| Month | Clements | Hetland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 22.7°F | 4.2°F | 0.67 in | 23.7°F | 5.3°F | 0.79 in |
| February | 27.5°F | 8.4°F | 0.76 in | 28.7°F | 9.6°F | 0.76 in |
| March | 39.5°F | 20.9°F | 1.58 in | 41.2°F | 21.2°F | 1.38 in |
| April | 55.7°F | 32.9°F | 3.14 in | 56.8°F | 33.0°F | 2.60 in |
| May | 69.4°F | 45.9°F | 4.26 in | 69.2°F | 46.1°F | 3.97 in |
| June | 79.2°F | 57.0°F | 4.58 in | 78.3°F | 56.7°F | 4.10 in |
| July | 82.3°F | 60.1°F | 3.98 in | 82.7°F | 60.7°F | 3.19 in |
| August | 79.7°F | 57.3°F | 3.53 in | 80.4°F | 58.6°F | 3.08 in |
| September | 73.9°F | 48.4°F | 2.91 in | 72.9°F | 50.0°F | 2.55 in |
| October | 59.8°F | 35.9°F | 1.99 in | 58.1°F | 36.4°F | 2.15 in |
| November | 42.3°F | 23.0°F | 1.36 in | 41.6°F | 22.9°F | 1.09 in |
| December | 28.2°F | 11.0°F | 0.79 in | 28.0°F | 11.1°F | 0.58 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 →