Climate twins of Erskine, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Erskine'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: Erskine vs its climate twin
Top match: Hill City, MN
| Month | Erskine | Hill City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 15.9°F | -5.2°F | 0.52 in | 17.8°F | -2.9°F | 0.77 in |
| February | 21.2°F | -1.6°F | 0.54 in | 23.5°F | 0.6°F | 0.73 in |
| March | 34.8°F | 12.9°F | 0.95 in | 36.8°F | 14.4°F | 1.10 in |
| April | 51.3°F | 27.9°F | 1.76 in | 50.2°F | 28.5°F | 1.80 in |
| May | 65.5°F | 41.1°F | 3.01 in | 64.6°F | 41.4°F | 3.07 in |
| June | 74.3°F | 51.8°F | 4.64 in | 73.3°F | 51.6°F | 4.63 in |
| July | 78.2°F | 55.4°F | 3.93 in | 78.3°F | 56.5°F | 4.23 in |
| August | 77.4°F | 52.5°F | 3.54 in | 76.4°F | 54.8°F | 3.39 in |
| September | 68.8°F | 44.5°F | 2.97 in | 68.0°F | 46.4°F | 3.12 in |
| October | 53.2°F | 32.4°F | 2.25 in | 52.2°F | 33.6°F | 2.55 in |
| November | 35.9°F | 17.9°F | 1.61 in | 36.1°F | 20.1°F | 1.34 in |
| December | 22.1°F | 4.0°F | 0.83 in | 22.6°F | 5.3°F | 1.01 in |
Cities that consider Erskine their climate twin
These US cities have Erskine in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Erskine would feel familiar.
- Deer River, MN (ranks Erskine #3)
- Hill City, MN (ranks Erskine #3)
- Cohasset, MN (ranks Erskine #3)
- Zemple, MN (ranks Erskine #3)
- Littlefork, MN (ranks Erskine #3)
- Iron Junction, MN (ranks Erskine #1)
- Eveleth, MN (ranks Erskine #1)
- Gilbert, MN (ranks Erskine #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 →