Climate twins of Elrosa, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Elrosa'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: Elrosa vs its climate twin
Top match: Chetek, WI
| Month | Elrosa | Chetek | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 19.5°F | 0.1°F | 0.68 in | 21.6°F | 1.7°F | 0.89 in |
| February | 24.6°F | 3.4°F | 0.71 in | 27.2°F | 4.8°F | 0.82 in |
| March | 37.2°F | 17.1°F | 1.43 in | 39.6°F | 18.1°F | 1.47 in |
| April | 53.0°F | 30.9°F | 2.61 in | 54.3°F | 31.6°F | 2.77 in |
| May | 66.7°F | 44.9°F | 3.61 in | 67.8°F | 44.7°F | 3.85 in |
| June | 76.6°F | 56.3°F | 4.22 in | 77.3°F | 54.7°F | 4.17 in |
| July | 80.9°F | 60.0°F | 4.34 in | 81.4°F | 58.8°F | 3.98 in |
| August | 78.6°F | 57.6°F | 3.76 in | 79.5°F | 56.3°F | 4.21 in |
| September | 70.2°F | 47.9°F | 2.78 in | 71.4°F | 47.8°F | 3.34 in |
| October | 55.6°F | 34.7°F | 2.84 in | 56.8°F | 35.3°F | 3.03 in |
| November | 38.6°F | 21.3°F | 1.21 in | 40.4°F | 22.9°F | 1.68 in |
| December | 25.0°F | 8.1°F | 0.89 in | 27.1°F | 10.0°F | 1.22 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 →