Climate twins of Harwood, ND
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Harwood'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: Harwood vs its climate twin
Top match: Naples, SD
| Month | Harwood | Naples | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 18.2°F | 0.2°F | 0.71 in | 21.1°F | 3.5°F | 0.62 in |
| February | 22.7°F | 4.1°F | 0.69 in | 25.9°F | 7.1°F | 0.62 in |
| March | 36.3°F | 18.1°F | 1.25 in | 38.7°F | 18.9°F | 1.03 in |
| April | 54.1°F | 31.9°F | 1.54 in | 53.3°F | 31.5°F | 2.14 in |
| May | 68.7°F | 44.4°F | 3.09 in | 66.4°F | 44.6°F | 3.10 in |
| June | 78.1°F | 55.6°F | 4.29 in | 76.5°F | 55.9°F | 4.14 in |
| July | 82.1°F | 59.4°F | 3.07 in | 81.7°F | 60.7°F | 3.61 in |
| August | 80.7°F | 56.8°F | 2.60 in | 80.1°F | 58.1°F | 2.74 in |
| September | 72.0°F | 48.1°F | 2.68 in | 71.8°F | 48.9°F | 2.70 in |
| October | 55.8°F | 35.2°F | 2.17 in | 56.5°F | 35.2°F | 2.21 in |
| November | 38.1°F | 20.9°F | 0.97 in | 40.0°F | 21.3°F | 0.78 in |
| December | 24.0°F | 7.5°F | 0.89 in | 26.6°F | 9.8°F | 0.70 in |
Cities that consider Harwood their climate twin
These US cities have Harwood in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Harwood would feel familiar.
- Watertown, SD (ranks Harwood #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 →