Climate twins of Dassel, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Dassel'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: Dassel vs its climate twin
Top match: Jasper, MN
| Month | Dassel | Jasper | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 21.0°F | 2.0°F | 0.58 in | 22.4°F | 4.8°F | 0.67 in |
| February | 26.0°F | 5.8°F | 0.85 in | 27.2°F | 8.8°F | 0.73 in |
| March | 39.0°F | 19.3°F | 1.38 in | 39.9°F | 21.3°F | 1.47 in |
| April | 54.8°F | 33.8°F | 2.70 in | 55.0°F | 33.7°F | 2.99 in |
| May | 68.4°F | 47.1°F | 3.97 in | 68.0°F | 46.6°F | 3.97 in |
| June | 77.9°F | 58.1°F | 4.42 in | 78.1°F | 57.6°F | 4.45 in |
| July | 82.3°F | 62.0°F | 3.49 in | 82.4°F | 61.2°F | 3.30 in |
| August | 79.9°F | 59.5°F | 3.43 in | 80.2°F | 58.8°F | 3.46 in |
| September | 73.1°F | 50.6°F | 3.30 in | 73.2°F | 49.8°F | 3.25 in |
| October | 58.1°F | 37.1°F | 2.47 in | 58.7°F | 35.9°F | 2.35 in |
| November | 40.8°F | 23.4°F | 1.25 in | 41.6°F | 22.6°F | 1.10 in |
| December | 26.4°F | 10.9°F | 0.85 in | 27.9°F | 11.0°F | 0.85 in |
Cities that consider Dassel their climate twin
These US cities have Dassel in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Dassel would feel familiar.
- Jasper, MN (ranks Dassel #2)
- Ihlen, MN (ranks Dassel #2)
- Ramona, SD (ranks Dassel #2)
- Madison, SD (ranks Dassel #2)
- Hetland, SD (ranks Dassel #2)
- Arlington, SD (ranks Dassel #2)
- Sinai, SD (ranks Dassel #2)
- Oldham, SD (ranks Dassel #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 →