Climate twins of Fessenden, ND
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Fessenden'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: Fessenden vs its climate twin
Top match: Ryder, ND
| Month | Fessenden | Ryder | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 18.8°F | 1.2°F | 0.37 in | 18.4°F | 0.3°F | 0.57 in |
| February | 23.6°F | 5.3°F | 0.44 in | 22.9°F | 3.9°F | 0.50 in |
| March | 35.7°F | 17.0°F | 0.46 in | 35.2°F | 16.1°F | 0.79 in |
| April | 53.5°F | 29.3°F | 0.90 in | 51.4°F | 29.5°F | 1.17 in |
| May | 66.8°F | 41.8°F | 2.74 in | 64.8°F | 42.4°F | 2.82 in |
| June | 75.2°F | 52.5°F | 3.22 in | 74.0°F | 52.9°F | 3.65 in |
| July | 80.4°F | 56.5°F | 2.91 in | 80.7°F | 57.5°F | 2.79 in |
| August | 80.5°F | 54.2°F | 2.04 in | 80.5°F | 55.6°F | 2.14 in |
| September | 71.6°F | 45.9°F | 2.08 in | 70.1°F | 45.9°F | 1.68 in |
| October | 55.4°F | 32.9°F | 1.08 in | 53.4°F | 32.2°F | 1.36 in |
| November | 36.2°F | 18.6°F | 0.56 in | 36.0°F | 18.0°F | 0.68 in |
| December | 23.1°F | 6.3°F | 0.47 in | 23.5°F | 6.4°F | 0.57 in |
Cities that consider Fessenden their climate twin
These US cities have Fessenden in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Fessenden would feel familiar.
- Columbus, ND (ranks Fessenden #2)
- Crosby, ND (ranks Fessenden #2)
- Noonan, ND (ranks Fessenden #2)
- Dunn Center, ND (ranks Fessenden #2)
- Halliday, ND (ranks Fessenden #2)
- New Town, ND (ranks Fessenden #2)
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 →