Climate twins of Hazelton, ND
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hazelton'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: Hazelton vs its climate twin
Top match: Halliday, ND
| Month | Hazelton | Halliday | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 20.1°F | 1.8°F | 0.44 in | 24.4°F | 0.2°F | 0.36 in |
| February | 24.6°F | 5.2°F | 0.49 in | 28.6°F | 3.8°F | 0.36 in |
| March | 37.3°F | 16.5°F | 0.85 in | 41.0°F | 15.4°F | 0.73 in |
| April | 53.2°F | 28.1°F | 1.40 in | 55.1°F | 28.0°F | 1.36 in |
| May | 65.9°F | 40.8°F | 2.78 in | 66.4°F | 39.8°F | 2.62 in |
| June | 74.9°F | 51.6°F | 3.35 in | 75.6°F | 49.7°F | 3.25 in |
| July | 81.2°F | 56.3°F | 3.01 in | 83.5°F | 53.7°F | 2.46 in |
| August | 80.3°F | 53.9°F | 2.20 in | 84.2°F | 52.3°F | 1.84 in |
| September | 71.1°F | 44.8°F | 1.61 in | 73.1°F | 42.9°F | 1.72 in |
| October | 54.9°F | 31.9°F | 1.69 in | 56.4°F | 29.5°F | 1.17 in |
| November | 38.1°F | 18.4°F | 0.56 in | 40.2°F | 15.7°F | 0.55 in |
| December | 25.2°F | 7.8°F | 0.62 in | 27.6°F | 5.7°F | 0.41 in |
Cities that consider Hazelton their climate twin
These US cities have Hazelton in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Hazelton would feel familiar.
- Halliday, ND (ranks Hazelton #1)
- Dunn Center, ND (ranks Hazelton #1)
- South Heart, ND (ranks Hazelton #3)
- Dickinson, ND (ranks Hazelton #2)
- Killdeer, ND (ranks Hazelton #1)
- Gladstone, ND (ranks Hazelton #2)
- Hettinger, ND (ranks Hazelton #3)
- Fort Ransom, ND (ranks Hazelton #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 →