Climate twins of Knox, ND
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Knox'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: Knox vs its climate twin
Top match: Cavalier, ND
| Month | Knox | Cavalier | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 16.2°F | -3.1°F | 0.54 in | 13.2°F | -4.3°F | 0.34 in |
| February | 20.5°F | 0.3°F | 0.65 in | 18.0°F | -1.0°F | 0.34 in |
| March | 33.3°F | 12.4°F | 0.92 in | 30.7°F | 13.4°F | 0.71 in |
| April | 51.2°F | 26.9°F | 1.70 in | 49.3°F | 28.5°F | 1.11 in |
| May | 65.6°F | 40.0°F | 2.90 in | 64.5°F | 40.9°F | 2.87 in |
| June | 75.0°F | 51.8°F | 3.16 in | 73.6°F | 52.7°F | 3.77 in |
| July | 79.8°F | 55.4°F | 3.35 in | 77.5°F | 56.6°F | 3.44 in |
| August | 79.5°F | 51.8°F | 2.66 in | 77.4°F | 53.5°F | 2.25 in |
| September | 69.9°F | 43.1°F | 1.97 in | 68.2°F | 44.7°F | 2.31 in |
| October | 53.1°F | 30.3°F | 1.52 in | 51.8°F | 32.3°F | 1.66 in |
| November | 34.9°F | 16.2°F | 1.05 in | 33.6°F | 17.3°F | 0.72 in |
| December | 21.9°F | 3.3°F | 0.60 in | 19.5°F | 3.3°F | 0.50 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 →