Climate twins of Hinckley, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hinckley'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: Hinckley vs its climate twin
Top match: Park Falls, WI
| Month | Hinckley | Park Falls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 19.4°F | -0.9°F | 0.95 in | 20.2°F | 2.2°F | 1.21 in |
| February | 25.3°F | 3.3°F | 0.90 in | 25.4°F | 4.2°F | 1.05 in |
| March | 37.5°F | 15.7°F | 1.64 in | 37.3°F | 16.2°F | 1.76 in |
| April | 52.2°F | 28.4°F | 2.77 in | 50.8°F | 28.7°F | 2.97 in |
| May | 65.4°F | 39.9°F | 3.81 in | 65.1°F | 42.6°F | 3.73 in |
| June | 74.6°F | 50.3°F | 4.64 in | 73.6°F | 52.1°F | 4.36 in |
| July | 79.4°F | 54.9°F | 4.07 in | 77.6°F | 56.1°F | 4.14 in |
| August | 77.3°F | 52.4°F | 4.26 in | 75.7°F | 54.6°F | 3.82 in |
| September | 69.4°F | 44.0°F | 3.61 in | 67.3°F | 46.5°F | 3.91 in |
| October | 54.6°F | 32.1°F | 3.45 in | 53.3°F | 34.0°F | 3.52 in |
| November | 38.7°F | 20.9°F | 1.61 in | 37.7°F | 22.1°F | 1.99 in |
| December | 25.6°F | 8.5°F | 1.30 in | 25.4°F | 9.7°F | 1.53 in |
Cities that consider Hinckley their climate twin
These US cities have Hinckley in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Hinckley would feel familiar.
- Park Falls, WI (ranks Hinckley #2)
- Prentice, WI (ranks Hinckley #2)
- Phillips, WI (ranks Hinckley #2)
- Catawba, WI (ranks Hinckley #2)
- Kennan, WI (ranks Hinckley #2)
- Dorchester, WI (ranks Hinckley #2)
- Medford, WI (ranks Hinckley #2)
- Stetsonville, WI (ranks Hinckley #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 →