Climate twins of Durand, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Durand'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: Durand vs its climate twin
Top match: Winnebago, MN
| Month | Durand | Winnebago | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 24.6°F | 4.5°F | 1.13 in | 23.2°F | 5.6°F | 0.90 in |
| February | 29.3°F | 7.6°F | 1.17 in | 27.8°F | 10.3°F | 1.03 in |
| March | 42.0°F | 21.3°F | 2.06 in | 40.4°F | 23.3°F | 1.88 in |
| April | 56.0°F | 33.8°F | 3.31 in | 56.1°F | 35.7°F | 3.48 in |
| May | 68.3°F | 46.6°F | 4.22 in | 68.8°F | 48.2°F | 4.51 in |
| June | 78.1°F | 56.5°F | 5.11 in | 78.8°F | 59.0°F | 5.05 in |
| July | 82.4°F | 60.7°F | 3.91 in | 82.2°F | 62.4°F | 4.18 in |
| August | 80.2°F | 59.1°F | 4.51 in | 79.7°F | 59.9°F | 3.94 in |
| September | 73.0°F | 50.4°F | 3.76 in | 73.7°F | 51.4°F | 3.47 in |
| October | 59.2°F | 38.2°F | 2.72 in | 59.9°F | 37.9°F | 2.67 in |
| November | 42.6°F | 25.2°F | 1.81 in | 42.7°F | 25.0°F | 1.64 in |
| December | 30.0°F | 13.1°F | 1.48 in | 28.7°F | 12.6°F | 1.24 in |
Cities that consider Durand their climate twin
These US cities have Durand in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Durand would feel familiar.
- Mankato, MN (ranks Durand #1)
- North Mankato, MN (ranks Durand #1)
- Skyline, MN (ranks Durand #1)
- Lake Crystal, MN (ranks Durand #2)
- Princeton, WI (ranks Durand #3)
- Westfield, WI (ranks Durand #3)
- Endeavor, WI (ranks Durand #3)
- Montello, WI (ranks Durand #3)
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 →