Climate twins of Crookston, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Crookston'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: Crookston vs its climate twin
Top match: Pringle, SD
| Month | Crookston | Pringle | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 33.1°F | 11.4°F | 0.77 in | 39.7°F | 14.8°F | 0.45 in |
| February | 36.5°F | 13.3°F | 0.87 in | 40.7°F | 15.5°F | 0.70 in |
| March | 47.1°F | 21.7°F | 1.47 in | 50.0°F | 23.7°F | 1.07 in |
| April | 56.3°F | 31.0°F | 2.96 in | 57.7°F | 30.9°F | 2.32 in |
| May | 66.9°F | 42.4°F | 3.37 in | 66.4°F | 40.9°F | 3.74 in |
| June | 77.8°F | 53.1°F | 3.51 in | 77.4°F | 50.1°F | 3.29 in |
| July | 84.7°F | 58.7°F | 2.64 in | 84.7°F | 56.6°F | 3.01 in |
| August | 84.0°F | 55.9°F | 2.31 in | 83.6°F | 54.9°F | 2.30 in |
| September | 75.4°F | 45.9°F | 1.81 in | 76.2°F | 46.2°F | 1.53 in |
| October | 60.7°F | 33.3°F | 1.41 in | 61.4°F | 34.0°F | 1.55 in |
| November | 46.2°F | 22.1°F | 0.74 in | 48.4°F | 23.4°F | 0.71 in |
| December | 35.3°F | 13.5°F | 0.78 in | 39.4°F | 15.4°F | 0.53 in |
Cities that consider Crookston their climate twin
These US cities have Crookston in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Crookston would feel familiar.
- Pringle, SD (ranks Crookston #2)
- Spearfish, SD (ranks Crookston #2)
- Keystone, SD (ranks Crookston #2)
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 →