Climate twins of Hannaford, ND
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hannaford'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: Hannaford vs its climate twin
Top match: Leonard, MN
| Month | Hannaford | Leonard | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 16.4°F | -3.1°F | 0.47 in | 16.0°F | -2.7°F | 1.03 in |
| February | 21.0°F | 0.6°F | 0.63 in | 20.9°F | 0.7°F | 0.55 in |
| March | 34.3°F | 14.6°F | 0.74 in | 34.0°F | 14.8°F | 0.81 in |
| April | 52.0°F | 29.0°F | 1.19 in | 47.9°F | 29.1°F | 1.28 in |
| May | 66.0°F | 41.3°F | 3.04 in | 62.3°F | 43.1°F | 2.91 in |
| June | 74.7°F | 52.4°F | 3.43 in | 71.9°F | 54.4°F | 3.61 in |
| July | 78.8°F | 56.4°F | 3.75 in | 76.6°F | 59.7°F | 3.51 in |
| August | 78.3°F | 53.3°F | 3.16 in | 75.6°F | 57.4°F | 2.78 in |
| September | 69.2°F | 44.9°F | 2.09 in | 65.8°F | 48.0°F | 2.50 in |
| October | 53.7°F | 31.8°F | 1.98 in | 51.3°F | 35.6°F | 2.34 in |
| November | 35.6°F | 17.0°F | 0.78 in | 34.4°F | 20.6°F | 1.05 in |
| December | 22.2°F | 3.7°F | 0.74 in | 21.4°F | 5.9°F | 0.40 in |
Cities that consider Hannaford their climate twin
These US cities have Hannaford in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Hannaford would feel familiar.
- Brooks, MN (ranks Hannaford #1)
- Mentor, MN (ranks Hannaford #1)
- Plummer, MN (ranks Hannaford #1)
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 →