Climate twins of Conger, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Conger'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: Conger vs its climate twin
Top match: Caledonia, MN
| Month | Conger | Caledonia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 22.5°F | 5.9°F | 0.89 in | 24.4°F | 7.7°F | 1.12 in |
| February | 27.1°F | 9.8°F | 0.87 in | 29.0°F | 11.3°F | 1.16 in |
| March | 39.6°F | 22.8°F | 1.94 in | 41.3°F | 22.9°F | 2.00 in |
| April | 55.1°F | 35.5°F | 3.74 in | 55.7°F | 35.0°F | 3.96 in |
| May | 68.0°F | 48.1°F | 4.85 in | 67.8°F | 47.4°F | 4.84 in |
| June | 78.3°F | 59.0°F | 5.44 in | 77.3°F | 58.0°F | 6.06 in |
| July | 81.6°F | 62.5°F | 4.81 in | 81.2°F | 61.7°F | 4.31 in |
| August | 79.2°F | 59.9°F | 4.27 in | 79.1°F | 59.3°F | 4.47 in |
| September | 73.0°F | 51.1°F | 3.71 in | 72.1°F | 50.7°F | 4.04 in |
| October | 58.9°F | 37.7°F | 2.58 in | 58.7°F | 38.6°F | 2.96 in |
| November | 42.1°F | 25.3°F | 1.54 in | 42.7°F | 26.4°F | 1.80 in |
| December | 28.3°F | 13.4°F | 1.13 in | 29.8°F | 14.8°F | 1.60 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 →