Climate twins of Kenyon, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Kenyon'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: Kenyon vs its climate twin
Top match: Fairchild, WI
| Month | Kenyon | Fairchild | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 23.2°F | 4.8°F | 0.97 in | 22.2°F | 3.8°F | 0.98 in |
| February | 28.0°F | 7.9°F | 1.00 in | 26.8°F | 6.3°F | 1.06 in |
| March | 40.4°F | 20.4°F | 1.92 in | 39.5°F | 19.4°F | 1.70 in |
| April | 55.5°F | 32.9°F | 3.13 in | 54.3°F | 32.8°F | 3.11 in |
| May | 68.2°F | 45.2°F | 4.37 in | 67.6°F | 45.3°F | 4.30 in |
| June | 78.4°F | 57.2°F | 5.57 in | 77.2°F | 55.6°F | 5.09 in |
| July | 82.0°F | 60.6°F | 4.64 in | 81.6°F | 58.9°F | 4.25 in |
| August | 79.9°F | 57.9°F | 4.66 in | 78.8°F | 56.9°F | 4.42 in |
| September | 72.7°F | 49.7°F | 3.68 in | 70.3°F | 48.4°F | 3.76 in |
| October | 58.9°F | 35.7°F | 2.60 in | 56.5°F | 35.3°F | 2.63 in |
| November | 42.4°F | 23.8°F | 1.67 in | 40.8°F | 23.9°F | 1.79 in |
| December | 28.9°F | 12.6°F | 1.24 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 →