Climate twins of Jordan, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Jordan'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: Jordan vs its climate twin
Top match: Fall Creek, WI
| Month | Jordan | Fall Creek | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 21.9°F | 5.3°F | 0.81 in | 22.2°F | 3.8°F | 0.98 in |
| February | 26.5°F | 9.2°F | 0.89 in | 26.8°F | 6.3°F | 1.06 in |
| March | 39.5°F | 21.4°F | 1.76 in | 39.5°F | 19.4°F | 1.70 in |
| April | 54.8°F | 33.9°F | 2.81 in | 54.3°F | 32.8°F | 3.11 in |
| May | 67.2°F | 46.2°F | 4.47 in | 67.6°F | 45.3°F | 4.30 in |
| June | 77.2°F | 57.4°F | 5.06 in | 77.2°F | 55.6°F | 5.09 in |
| July | 80.7°F | 61.1°F | 3.76 in | 81.6°F | 58.9°F | 4.25 in |
| August | 78.2°F | 58.4°F | 5.19 in | 78.8°F | 56.9°F | 4.42 in |
| September | 71.5°F | 50.3°F | 3.20 in | 70.3°F | 48.4°F | 3.76 in |
| October | 57.9°F | 37.5°F | 2.66 in | 56.5°F | 35.3°F | 2.63 in |
| November | 41.1°F | 25.0°F | 1.55 in | 40.8°F | 23.9°F | 1.79 in |
| December | 27.4°F | 12.3°F | 1.16 in | 27.7°F | 11.3°F | 1.39 in |
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 →