Climate twins of Hermantown, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hermantown'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: Hermantown vs its climate twin
Top match: Crystal Falls, MI
| Month | Hermantown | Crystal Falls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 18.1°F | 0.7°F | 0.92 in | 21.9°F | 3.2°F | 1.02 in |
| February | 23.8°F | 4.3°F | 0.95 in | 26.1°F | 4.1°F | 0.96 in |
| March | 35.8°F | 17.1°F | 1.35 in | 36.8°F | 14.0°F | 1.45 in |
| April | 48.6°F | 28.7°F | 2.50 in | 49.5°F | 27.3°F | 2.58 in |
| May | 63.0°F | 40.2°F | 3.20 in | 63.8°F | 40.0°F | 3.32 in |
| June | 71.2°F | 49.7°F | 4.49 in | 73.2°F | 50.0°F | 4.11 in |
| July | 76.4°F | 55.9°F | 4.13 in | 77.5°F | 54.5°F | 3.73 in |
| August | 74.8°F | 55.2°F | 3.55 in | 75.5°F | 52.6°F | 3.06 in |
| September | 66.1°F | 47.3°F | 3.50 in | 67.6°F | 44.9°F | 3.52 in |
| October | 52.0°F | 35.7°F | 3.02 in | 53.8°F | 33.8°F | 3.41 in |
| November | 35.0°F | 21.8°F | 1.98 in | 38.8°F | 23.0°F | 1.85 in |
| December | 22.6°F | 8.3°F | 1.34 in | 27.1°F | 11.3°F | 1.41 in |
Cities that consider Hermantown their climate twin
These US cities have Hermantown in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Hermantown would feel familiar.
- Alpha, MI (ranks Hermantown #3)
- Crystal Falls, MI (ranks Hermantown #3)
- Eagle River, WI (ranks Hermantown #2)
- Swanville, MN (ranks Hermantown #3)
- Burtrum, MN (ranks Hermantown #3)
- Funkley, MN (ranks Hermantown #3)
- Kelliher, MN (ranks Hermantown #3)
- Northome, MN (ranks Hermantown #2)
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 →