Climate twins of Cornell, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cornell'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: Cornell vs its climate twin
Top match: Shawano, WI
| Month | Cornell | Shawano | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 22.3°F | 2.3°F | 1.03 in | 24.1°F | 6.2°F | 1.30 in |
| February | 27.6°F | 5.5°F | 1.02 in | 28.4°F | 8.5°F | 1.07 in |
| March | 39.1°F | 18.3°F | 1.72 in | 40.3°F | 19.6°F | 1.82 in |
| April | 53.5°F | 32.3°F | 3.01 in | 54.1°F | 32.0°F | 3.03 in |
| May | 66.2°F | 44.5°F | 3.86 in | 67.3°F | 44.2°F | 3.80 in |
| June | 75.1°F | 54.3°F | 4.71 in | 76.8°F | 54.3°F | 4.34 in |
| July | 79.6°F | 58.7°F | 3.87 in | 81.2°F | 58.1°F | 3.89 in |
| August | 77.4°F | 56.4°F | 4.26 in | 79.1°F | 56.3°F | 3.60 in |
| September | 69.6°F | 47.9°F | 3.67 in | 71.5°F | 47.9°F | 3.63 in |
| October | 56.1°F | 35.8°F | 3.04 in | 57.5°F | 36.2°F | 3.03 in |
| November | 39.9°F | 23.8°F | 1.85 in | 42.2°F | 25.2°F | 2.05 in |
| December | 27.7°F | 11.6°F | 1.29 in | 29.4°F | 13.6°F | 1.58 in |
Cities that consider Cornell their climate twin
These US cities have Cornell in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Cornell would feel familiar.
- Milaca, MN (ranks Cornell #3)
- Pease, MN (ranks Cornell #3)
- Bock, MN (ranks Cornell #2)
- Quamba, MN (ranks Cornell #1)
- Mora, MN (ranks Cornell #1)
- Grasston, MN (ranks Cornell #1)
- Ogilvie, MN (ranks Cornell #1)
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 →