Climate twins of Friendship, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Friendship'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: Friendship vs its climate twin
Top match: Hugo, MN
| Month | Friendship | Hugo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 25.4°F | 6.0°F | 1.34 in | 22.3°F | 5.0°F | 0.85 in |
| February | 30.4°F | 8.7°F | 1.27 in | 27.7°F | 7.8°F | 0.92 in |
| March | 42.2°F | 20.7°F | 1.91 in | 40.7°F | 20.0°F | 1.62 in |
| April | 55.9°F | 32.5°F | 3.39 in | 55.1°F | 33.9°F | 2.97 in |
| May | 68.7°F | 45.1°F | 4.19 in | 67.2°F | 46.9°F | 4.17 in |
| June | 78.7°F | 55.5°F | 4.48 in | 75.8°F | 57.5°F | 4.79 in |
| July | 82.3°F | 59.2°F | 4.64 in | 79.3°F | 62.3°F | 4.38 in |
| August | 80.5°F | 57.0°F | 4.35 in | 77.7°F | 60.4°F | 4.41 in |
| September | 72.7°F | 48.4°F | 3.49 in | 70.7°F | 51.2°F | 3.32 in |
| October | 58.7°F | 36.6°F | 2.54 in | 57.7°F | 38.0°F | 2.74 in |
| November | 43.7°F | 25.4°F | 1.89 in | 41.4°F | 25.1°F | 1.82 in |
| December | 30.9°F | 13.9°F | 1.61 in | 27.5°F | 12.5°F | 1.21 in |
Cities that consider Friendship their climate twin
These US cities have Friendship in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Friendship would feel familiar.
- Chisago City, MN (ranks Friendship #2)
- Forest Lake, MN (ranks Friendship #2)
- Lindstrom, MN (ranks Friendship #2)
- Stacy, MN (ranks Friendship #2)
- Wyoming, MN (ranks Friendship #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 →