Climate twins of Hanska, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hanska'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: Hanska vs its climate twin
Top match: Eau Claire, WI
| Month | Hanska | Eau Claire | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 23.5°F | 7.0°F | 0.67 in | 24.5°F | 7.9°F | 1.10 in |
| February | 28.6°F | 11.3°F | 0.93 in | 28.7°F | 11.7°F | 1.14 in |
| March | 41.4°F | 23.8°F | 1.57 in | 41.6°F | 23.9°F | 1.93 in |
| April | 57.1°F | 36.0°F | 2.94 in | 56.4°F | 35.9°F | 3.27 in |
| May | 69.3°F | 48.5°F | 4.07 in | 69.3°F | 48.6°F | 4.12 in |
| June | 78.8°F | 58.8°F | 5.04 in | 77.8°F | 58.2°F | 4.53 in |
| July | 82.2°F | 62.5°F | 4.07 in | 82.3°F | 62.1°F | 3.68 in |
| August | 79.8°F | 59.6°F | 3.66 in | 79.9°F | 61.0°F | 3.84 in |
| September | 73.4°F | 52.0°F | 3.31 in | 71.8°F | 51.7°F | 3.53 in |
| October | 59.6°F | 39.1°F | 2.40 in | 58.2°F | 39.7°F | 2.48 in |
| November | 42.7°F | 25.6°F | 1.51 in | 41.8°F | 26.9°F | 1.78 in |
| December | 28.5°F | 13.3°F | 0.90 in | 29.7°F | 14.8°F | 1.35 in |
Cities that consider Hanska their climate twin
These US cities have Hanska in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Hanska would feel familiar.
- Garretson, SD (ranks Hanska #2)
- Dell Rapids, SD (ranks Hanska #2)
- Baltic, SD (ranks Hanska #3)
- Worthing, SD (ranks Hanska #3)
- Harrisburg, SD (ranks Hanska #2)
- Canton, SD (ranks Hanska #2)
- Lennox, SD (ranks Hanska #3)
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 →