Climate twins of Hill City, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hill City'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: Hill City vs its climate twin
Top match: Gully, MN
| Month | Hill City | Gully | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 17.8°F | -2.9°F | 0.77 in | 15.9°F | -5.2°F | 0.52 in |
| February | 23.5°F | 0.6°F | 0.73 in | 21.2°F | -1.6°F | 0.54 in |
| March | 36.8°F | 14.4°F | 1.10 in | 34.8°F | 12.9°F | 0.95 in |
| April | 50.2°F | 28.5°F | 1.80 in | 51.3°F | 27.9°F | 1.76 in |
| May | 64.6°F | 41.4°F | 3.07 in | 65.5°F | 41.1°F | 3.01 in |
| June | 73.3°F | 51.6°F | 4.63 in | 74.3°F | 51.8°F | 4.64 in |
| July | 78.3°F | 56.5°F | 4.23 in | 78.2°F | 55.4°F | 3.93 in |
| August | 76.4°F | 54.8°F | 3.39 in | 77.4°F | 52.5°F | 3.54 in |
| September | 68.0°F | 46.4°F | 3.12 in | 68.8°F | 44.5°F | 2.97 in |
| October | 52.2°F | 33.6°F | 2.55 in | 53.2°F | 32.4°F | 2.25 in |
| November | 36.1°F | 20.1°F | 1.34 in | 35.9°F | 17.9°F | 1.61 in |
| December | 22.6°F | 5.3°F | 1.01 in | 22.1°F | 4.0°F | 0.83 in |
Cities that consider Hill City their climate twin
These US cities have Hill City in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Hill City would feel familiar.
- Oklee, MN (ranks Hill City #1)
- Trail, MN (ranks Hill City #1)
- McIntosh, MN (ranks Hill City #1)
- Lengby, MN (ranks Hill City #1)
- Erskine, MN (ranks Hill City #1)
- Fosston, MN (ranks Hill City #1)
- Gully, MN (ranks Hill City #1)
- Winger, MN (ranks Hill City #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 →