Climate twins of Hitterdal, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hitterdal'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: Hitterdal vs its climate twin
Top match: Brainerd, MN
| Month | Hitterdal | Brainerd | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 17.2°F | -3.6°F | 0.82 in | 19.6°F | -2.0°F | 0.80 in |
| February | 22.7°F | 0.2°F | 0.66 in | 25.4°F | 0.9°F | 0.78 in |
| March | 35.5°F | 15.4°F | 0.96 in | 38.4°F | 14.8°F | 1.47 in |
| April | 52.0°F | 29.1°F | 2.03 in | 53.0°F | 28.8°F | 2.54 in |
| May | 66.4°F | 42.4°F | 3.73 in | 66.6°F | 42.8°F | 3.93 in |
| June | 75.5°F | 53.1°F | 4.90 in | 75.8°F | 53.3°F | 4.64 in |
| July | 79.2°F | 57.5°F | 4.35 in | 80.1°F | 57.8°F | 4.37 in |
| August | 77.7°F | 55.3°F | 3.26 in | 78.4°F | 55.0°F | 3.59 in |
| September | 69.5°F | 46.3°F | 3.55 in | 69.9°F | 46.2°F | 3.00 in |
| October | 53.1°F | 33.5°F | 2.84 in | 55.2°F | 33.8°F | 2.98 in |
| November | 36.7°F | 19.2°F | 1.37 in | 38.3°F | 20.8°F | 1.49 in |
| December | 22.4°F | 5.6°F | 0.98 in | 24.8°F | 7.4°F | 1.04 in |
Cities that consider Hitterdal their climate twin
These US cities have Hitterdal in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Hitterdal would feel familiar.
- Brainerd, MN (ranks Hitterdal #3)
- Breezy Point, MN (ranks Hitterdal #1)
- Crosslake, MN (ranks Hitterdal #1)
- Emily, MN (ranks Hitterdal #2)
- Fifty Lakes, MN (ranks Hitterdal #1)
- Manhattan Beach, MN (ranks Hitterdal #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 →