Climate twins of Darfur, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Darfur'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: Darfur vs its climate twin
Top match: Prescott, WI
| Month | Darfur | Prescott | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 23.5°F | 5.2°F | 1.09 in | 24.1°F | 5.7°F | 0.90 in |
| February | 28.2°F | 9.9°F | 0.80 in | 29.0°F | 8.7°F | 0.91 in |
| March | 40.4°F | 22.2°F | 1.82 in | 41.1°F | 21.8°F | 1.78 in |
| April | 56.2°F | 34.6°F | 3.14 in | 56.4°F | 35.7°F | 3.10 in |
| May | 69.3°F | 47.6°F | 4.65 in | 68.6°F | 47.8°F | 4.33 in |
| June | 79.5°F | 58.3°F | 4.89 in | 78.8°F | 58.6°F | 4.94 in |
| July | 82.8°F | 61.9°F | 4.12 in | 83.0°F | 63.3°F | 4.37 in |
| August | 80.4°F | 59.1°F | 3.95 in | 80.9°F | 61.3°F | 4.23 in |
| September | 74.2°F | 50.6°F | 3.43 in | 73.4°F | 53.1°F | 3.21 in |
| October | 60.0°F | 37.1°F | 2.52 in | 59.4°F | 40.0°F | 2.61 in |
| November | 43.1°F | 24.6°F | 1.58 in | 43.0°F | 26.6°F | 1.72 in |
| December | 29.0°F | 12.0°F | 1.13 in | 29.7°F | 13.7°F | 1.23 in |
Cities that consider Darfur their climate twin
These US cities have Darfur in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Darfur would feel familiar.
- Afton, MN (ranks Darfur #1)
- Prescott, WI (ranks Darfur #1)
- Miesville, MN (ranks Darfur #3)
- Center City, MN (ranks Darfur #1)
- Scandia, MN (ranks Darfur #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 →