Climate twins of Fargo, AR
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Fargo'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: Fargo vs its climate twin
Top match: London, AR
| Month | Fargo | London | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 47.8°F | 30.6°F | 3.78 in | 51.1°F | 29.1°F | 3.56 in |
| February | 52.7°F | 33.7°F | 4.09 in | 56.4°F | 32.5°F | 3.34 in |
| March | 61.3°F | 41.5°F | 4.98 in | 65.2°F | 40.3°F | 4.58 in |
| April | 70.9°F | 50.6°F | 5.56 in | 74.2°F | 49.0°F | 5.15 in |
| May | 79.6°F | 60.3°F | 6.27 in | 81.3°F | 59.0°F | 5.44 in |
| June | 87.2°F | 69.0°F | 3.51 in | 89.0°F | 67.3°F | 3.65 in |
| July | 90.1°F | 72.0°F | 3.33 in | 93.4°F | 70.8°F | 3.62 in |
| August | 89.9°F | 70.1°F | 3.14 in | 93.1°F | 69.3°F | 3.35 in |
| September | 83.9°F | 62.6°F | 2.96 in | 86.5°F | 61.8°F | 3.53 in |
| October | 73.6°F | 50.7°F | 3.97 in | 76.0°F | 50.3°F | 4.00 in |
| November | 60.6°F | 40.5°F | 4.52 in | 62.4°F | 39.2°F | 4.79 in |
| December | 51.3°F | 33.5°F | 5.08 in | 53.0°F | 32.1°F | 4.52 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 →