Climate twins of Lakeville, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lakeville'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: Lakeville vs its climate twin
Top match: Necedah, WI
| Month | Lakeville | Necedah | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 22.9°F | 7.8°F | 1.05 in | 26.2°F | 6.0°F | 1.15 in |
| February | 28.1°F | 11.8°F | 0.81 in | 31.5°F | 9.4°F | 1.03 in |
| March | 41.1°F | 24.0°F | 1.66 in | 44.2°F | 19.9°F | 1.76 in |
| April | 56.2°F | 36.3°F | 2.72 in | 58.7°F | 31.4°F | 3.22 in |
| May | 68.6°F | 48.2°F | 3.93 in | 70.9°F | 43.6°F | 3.92 in |
| June | 78.1°F | 58.5°F | 4.89 in | 79.6°F | 53.2°F | 5.13 in |
| July | 82.0°F | 62.6°F | 4.24 in | 83.6°F | 57.5°F | 4.47 in |
| August | 79.0°F | 60.1°F | 4.42 in | 81.1°F | 55.7°F | 3.97 in |
| September | 72.0°F | 52.3°F | 3.20 in | 73.6°F | 47.6°F | 3.32 in |
| October | 57.9°F | 39.4°F | 2.75 in | 60.1°F | 35.8°F | 2.73 in |
| November | 41.6°F | 26.5°F | 1.64 in | 43.6°F | 23.8°F | 1.87 in |
| December | 27.7°F | 14.4°F | 1.01 in | 30.9°F | 12.4°F | 1.51 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 →