Climate twins of Fort Ripley, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Fort Ripley'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: Fort Ripley vs its climate twin
Top match: Gary, SD
| Month | Fort Ripley | Gary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 23.9°F | 3.5°F | 0.76 in | 23.4°F | 5.4°F | 0.84 in |
| February | 28.9°F | 7.1°F | 0.66 in | 27.8°F | 9.4°F | 0.90 in |
| March | 42.5°F | 20.3°F | 1.27 in | 39.6°F | 21.0°F | 1.52 in |
| April | 57.8°F | 32.8°F | 2.26 in | 54.6°F | 33.3°F | 2.80 in |
| May | 71.1°F | 45.2°F | 3.34 in | 68.1°F | 46.2°F | 3.43 in |
| June | 80.2°F | 55.1°F | 4.34 in | 78.3°F | 57.1°F | 4.11 in |
| July | 84.7°F | 60.2°F | 3.73 in | 83.0°F | 61.5°F | 3.33 in |
| August | 82.4°F | 57.7°F | 3.25 in | 80.7°F | 58.9°F | 3.35 in |
| September | 74.5°F | 49.6°F | 2.96 in | 73.2°F | 50.0°F | 2.80 in |
| October | 58.9°F | 37.4°F | 2.45 in | 58.7°F | 36.8°F | 2.41 in |
| November | 41.7°F | 23.2°F | 1.26 in | 42.0°F | 23.8°F | 1.35 in |
| December | 27.9°F | 10.4°F | 0.90 in | 28.5°F | 12.0°F | 1.11 in |
Cities that consider Fort Ripley their climate twin
These US cities have Fort Ripley in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Fort Ripley would feel familiar.
- Gary, SD (ranks Fort Ripley #3)
- Marietta, MN (ranks Fort Ripley #3)
- Dumont, MN (ranks Fort Ripley #3)
- Graceville, MN (ranks Fort Ripley #3)
- Wheaton, MN (ranks Fort Ripley #3)
- De Smet, SD (ranks Fort Ripley #2)
- Lake Preston, SD (ranks Fort Ripley #2)
- Wentworth, SD (ranks Fort Ripley #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 →