Climate twins of La Prairie, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches La Prairie'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: La Prairie vs its climate twin
Top match: Detroit Lakes, MN
| Month | La Prairie | Detroit Lakes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 18.9°F | -1.5°F | 0.97 in | 17.2°F | -3.6°F | 0.82 in |
| February | 25.7°F | 2.1°F | 0.85 in | 22.7°F | 0.2°F | 0.66 in |
| March | 38.8°F | 15.4°F | 1.33 in | 35.5°F | 15.4°F | 0.96 in |
| April | 52.6°F | 28.0°F | 2.10 in | 52.0°F | 29.1°F | 2.03 in |
| May | 66.1°F | 40.2°F | 3.23 in | 66.4°F | 42.4°F | 3.73 in |
| June | 75.2°F | 50.5°F | 4.70 in | 75.5°F | 53.1°F | 4.90 in |
| July | 79.7°F | 55.4°F | 4.14 in | 79.2°F | 57.5°F | 4.35 in |
| August | 77.8°F | 53.2°F | 3.40 in | 77.7°F | 55.3°F | 3.26 in |
| September | 68.1°F | 44.7°F | 3.05 in | 69.5°F | 46.3°F | 3.55 in |
| October | 52.8°F | 33.3°F | 2.79 in | 53.1°F | 33.5°F | 2.84 in |
| November | 36.1°F | 20.1°F | 1.59 in | 36.7°F | 19.2°F | 1.37 in |
| December | 23.1°F | 6.5°F | 1.23 in | 22.4°F | 5.6°F | 0.98 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 →