Climate twins of Garrison, ND
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Garrison'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: Garrison vs its climate twin
Top match: Streeter, ND
| Month | Garrison | Streeter | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 19.5°F | 1.6°F | 0.43 in | 19.1°F | 0.8°F | 0.47 in |
| February | 24.3°F | 5.1°F | 0.36 in | 23.1°F | 4.3°F | 0.44 in |
| March | 36.7°F | 17.2°F | 0.67 in | 35.8°F | 16.4°F | 0.70 in |
| April | 52.8°F | 29.7°F | 1.23 in | 51.9°F | 29.0°F | 1.23 in |
| May | 65.8°F | 42.4°F | 2.82 in | 65.0°F | 41.8°F | 2.79 in |
| June | 74.5°F | 53.1°F | 3.78 in | 74.1°F | 53.1°F | 3.61 in |
| July | 81.3°F | 58.3°F | 2.73 in | 80.1°F | 58.2°F | 3.35 in |
| August | 81.2°F | 55.9°F | 2.11 in | 79.2°F | 55.8°F | 2.38 in |
| September | 71.3°F | 46.4°F | 1.68 in | 69.8°F | 46.3°F | 2.09 in |
| October | 55.0°F | 33.1°F | 1.29 in | 54.7°F | 33.0°F | 1.60 in |
| November | 37.9°F | 19.9°F | 0.63 in | 38.0°F | 19.5°F | 0.59 in |
| December | 25.0°F | 8.5°F | 0.45 in | 24.6°F | 7.8°F | 0.59 in |
Cities that consider Garrison their climate twin
These US cities have Garrison in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Garrison would feel familiar.
- Ashley, ND (ranks Garrison #2)
- Alexander, ND (ranks Garrison #1)
- Arnegard, ND (ranks Garrison #1)
- Buchanan, ND (ranks Garrison #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 →