Climate twins of Hadley, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hadley'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: Hadley vs its climate twin
Top match: Cleveland, MN
| Month | Hadley | Cleveland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 21.3°F | 3.9°F | 0.61 in | 21.9°F | 3.1°F | 0.96 in |
| February | 26.1°F | 8.1°F | 0.91 in | 26.7°F | 6.9°F | 0.96 in |
| March | 38.4°F | 20.0°F | 1.62 in | 39.9°F | 20.6°F | 1.79 in |
| April | 53.6°F | 31.9°F | 2.95 in | 54.8°F | 32.9°F | 3.06 in |
| May | 66.5°F | 44.9°F | 4.02 in | 67.8°F | 46.3°F | 4.04 in |
| June | 77.3°F | 55.6°F | 4.97 in | 77.8°F | 57.0°F | 5.13 in |
| July | 81.1°F | 59.8°F | 3.62 in | 81.9°F | 61.2°F | 4.41 in |
| August | 78.5°F | 57.0°F | 3.40 in | 79.4°F | 58.8°F | 3.56 in |
| September | 71.5°F | 48.2°F | 3.24 in | 72.2°F | 48.7°F | 3.16 in |
| October | 57.3°F | 34.9°F | 2.26 in | 58.2°F | 35.4°F | 2.50 in |
| November | 40.4°F | 21.8°F | 1.70 in | 41.8°F | 22.7°F | 1.68 in |
| December | 26.4°F | 10.2°F | 0.84 in | 27.5°F | 10.9°F | 1.17 in |
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 →