Climate twins of Ellendale, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Ellendale'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: Ellendale vs its climate twin
Top match: Taylor, WI
| Month | Ellendale | Taylor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 22.2°F | 5.1°F | 0.87 in | 24.0°F | 4.1°F | 1.01 in |
| February | 26.8°F | 9.2°F | 0.89 in | 29.3°F | 8.2°F | 1.21 in |
| March | 39.6°F | 21.8°F | 1.99 in | 41.4°F | 20.7°F | 1.66 in |
| April | 55.3°F | 34.2°F | 3.18 in | 55.5°F | 32.4°F | 3.31 in |
| May | 67.7°F | 46.6°F | 4.61 in | 67.6°F | 44.7°F | 4.76 in |
| June | 78.3°F | 58.0°F | 5.28 in | 77.5°F | 55.2°F | 5.04 in |
| July | 81.7°F | 62.0°F | 4.79 in | 81.3°F | 58.8°F | 4.44 in |
| August | 79.4°F | 59.6°F | 4.84 in | 79.4°F | 56.2°F | 4.64 in |
| September | 72.8°F | 51.4°F | 3.80 in | 71.7°F | 48.1°F | 4.07 in |
| October | 58.7°F | 37.9°F | 2.48 in | 57.9°F | 34.7°F | 2.51 in |
| November | 41.6°F | 25.1°F | 1.65 in | 42.4°F | 23.9°F | 1.78 in |
| December | 27.9°F | 12.7°F | 1.08 in | 29.2°F | 12.1°F | 1.18 in |
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 →