Climate twins of Columbia Heights, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Columbia Heights'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: Columbia Heights vs its climate twin
Top match: Cashton, WI
| Month | Columbia Heights | Cashton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 21.7°F | 8.1°F | 0.95 in | 23.8°F | 10.8°F | 1.14 in |
| February | 26.6°F | 12.2°F | 0.89 in | 29.1°F | 14.0°F | 0.86 in |
| March | 40.2°F | 23.8°F | 1.65 in | 41.4°F | 24.9°F | 1.51 in |
| April | 55.2°F | 36.0°F | 3.31 in | 56.4°F | 36.7°F | 3.54 in |
| May | 69.0°F | 48.8°F | 4.34 in | 68.3°F | 48.4°F | 4.44 in |
| June | 78.6°F | 58.5°F | 4.84 in | 77.0°F | 58.8°F | 4.72 in |
| July | 83.1°F | 64.1°F | 4.58 in | 80.7°F | 62.6°F | 4.58 in |
| August | 80.1°F | 61.9°F | 4.45 in | 78.7°F | 60.8°F | 4.10 in |
| September | 71.7°F | 53.8°F | 3.38 in | 71.2°F | 52.9°F | 3.73 in |
| October | 56.0°F | 40.5°F | 2.99 in | 57.3°F | 40.5°F | 3.15 in |
| November | 39.7°F | 27.0°F | 1.71 in | 41.5°F | 28.0°F | 1.95 in |
| December | 27.0°F | 15.0°F | 1.26 in | 29.4°F | 16.7°F | 1.28 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 →