Climate twins of Jud, ND
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Jud'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: Jud vs its climate twin
Top match: Center, ND
| Month | Jud | Center | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 19.9°F | 3.7°F | 0.61 in | 22.9°F | 4.6°F | 0.51 in |
| February | 25.2°F | 7.0°F | 0.41 in | 26.8°F | 8.9°F | 0.51 in |
| March | 37.1°F | 19.2°F | 0.92 in | 39.2°F | 19.6°F | 0.85 in |
| April | 53.2°F | 31.6°F | 1.43 in | 53.9°F | 32.8°F | 1.41 in |
| May | 66.7°F | 44.3°F | 3.03 in | 65.8°F | 43.3°F | 2.78 in |
| June | 75.7°F | 55.0°F | 3.35 in | 75.1°F | 53.3°F | 3.46 in |
| July | 81.0°F | 59.1°F | 3.28 in | 81.6°F | 57.8°F | 2.77 in |
| August | 80.2°F | 56.7°F | 2.79 in | 81.0°F | 55.7°F | 2.01 in |
| September | 71.4°F | 47.4°F | 2.50 in | 70.8°F | 46.4°F | 2.08 in |
| October | 55.9°F | 34.7°F | 1.71 in | 54.7°F | 33.5°F | 1.40 in |
| November | 38.9°F | 21.0°F | 0.66 in | 38.4°F | 19.5°F | 0.66 in |
| December | 25.5°F | 9.7°F | 0.46 in | 26.4°F | 9.4°F | 0.51 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 →