Climate twins of Lake Nebagamon, WI

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lake Nebagamon'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: Lake Nebagamon vs its climate twin

Top match: Eagle River, WI

Month Lake Nebagamon Eagle River
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 20.2°F 1.8°F 1.06 in 21.2°F 2.2°F 1.26 in
February 25.7°F 5.3°F 1.04 in 25.8°F 3.2°F 1.06 in
March 37.3°F 17.6°F 1.63 in 37.1°F 13.3°F 1.61 in
April 50.2°F 29.0°F 2.75 in 50.2°F 26.3°F 2.78 in
May 64.3°F 39.9°F 3.66 in 65.1°F 39.4°F 3.51 in
June 73.3°F 49.7°F 4.11 in 74.7°F 50.1°F 4.06 in
July 77.6°F 55.4°F 4.38 in 78.1°F 53.9°F 4.01 in
August 75.2°F 53.9°F 4.47 in 75.3°F 52.1°F 3.20 in
September 66.7°F 46.3°F 3.57 in 67.4°F 44.3°F 3.61 in
October 52.9°F 34.9°F 3.28 in 52.9°F 32.7°F 3.55 in
November 37.7°F 23.4°F 2.05 in 38.0°F 21.3°F 1.92 in
December 25.2°F 10.2°F 1.44 in 26.3°F 9.8°F 1.56 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 →