Climate twins of Federal Dam, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Federal Dam'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: Federal Dam vs its climate twin
Top match: Newfolden, MN
| Month | Federal Dam | Newfolden | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 17.6°F | -2.3°F | 0.68 in | 15.8°F | -3.2°F | 0.60 in |
| February | 23.8°F | 1.2°F | 0.68 in | 22.3°F | 0.3°F | 0.53 in |
| March | 37.4°F | 15.1°F | 1.11 in | 36.1°F | 15.3°F | 0.75 in |
| April | 51.8°F | 29.4°F | 1.86 in | 52.8°F | 30.5°F | 1.38 in |
| May | 66.1°F | 42.7°F | 2.91 in | 67.1°F | 44.4°F | 3.15 in |
| June | 75.4°F | 53.5°F | 3.82 in | 76.6°F | 55.2°F | 3.92 in |
| July | 79.8°F | 58.3°F | 4.37 in | 80.6°F | 58.7°F | 4.04 in |
| August | 78.2°F | 55.9°F | 3.20 in | 80.1°F | 56.6°F | 3.25 in |
| September | 69.3°F | 47.1°F | 3.13 in | 70.2°F | 48.2°F | 2.70 in |
| October | 54.1°F | 35.0°F | 2.51 in | 54.2°F | 34.4°F | 2.16 in |
| November | 36.4°F | 21.3°F | 1.22 in | 35.8°F | 19.4°F | 1.07 in |
| December | 23.1°F | 6.8°F | 1.09 in | 21.2°F | 4.7°F | 0.85 in |
Cities that consider Federal Dam their climate twin
These US cities have Federal Dam in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Federal Dam would feel familiar.
- Newfolden, MN (ranks Federal Dam #1)
- Beltrami, MN (ranks Federal Dam #1)
- Borup, MN (ranks Federal Dam #1)
- Fertile, MN (ranks Federal Dam #1)
- Gary, MN (ranks Federal Dam #1)
- Twin Valley, MN (ranks Federal Dam #1)
- Ada, MN (ranks Federal Dam #1)
- Ulen, MN (ranks Federal Dam #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 →