Climate twins of Leonard, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Leonard'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: Leonard vs its climate twin
Top match: Gilby, ND
| Month | Leonard | Gilby | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 16.0°F | -2.7°F | 1.03 in | 15.8°F | -3.1°F | 0.49 in |
| February | 20.9°F | 0.7°F | 0.55 in | 20.5°F | 0.7°F | 0.51 in |
| March | 34.0°F | 14.8°F | 0.81 in | 33.9°F | 15.0°F | 0.91 in |
| April | 47.9°F | 29.1°F | 1.28 in | 52.0°F | 29.3°F | 1.21 in |
| May | 62.3°F | 43.1°F | 2.91 in | 66.9°F | 41.4°F | 2.80 in |
| June | 71.9°F | 54.4°F | 3.61 in | 76.4°F | 52.9°F | 3.77 in |
| July | 76.6°F | 59.7°F | 3.51 in | 80.7°F | 57.0°F | 3.52 in |
| August | 75.6°F | 57.4°F | 2.78 in | 79.8°F | 54.3°F | 2.81 in |
| September | 65.8°F | 48.0°F | 2.50 in | 70.4°F | 45.3°F | 2.26 in |
| October | 51.3°F | 35.6°F | 2.34 in | 53.9°F | 32.5°F | 1.88 in |
| November | 34.4°F | 20.6°F | 1.05 in | 35.7°F | 17.8°F | 0.92 in |
| December | 21.4°F | 5.9°F | 0.40 in | 21.4°F | 4.2°F | 0.66 in |
Cities that consider Leonard their climate twin
These US cities have Leonard in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Leonard would feel familiar.
- Hannaford, ND (ranks Leonard #1)
- Sharon, ND (ranks Leonard #1)
- Sibley, ND (ranks Leonard #1)
- Luverne, ND (ranks Leonard #1)
- Cooperstown, ND (ranks Leonard #1)
- Dazey, ND (ranks Leonard #1)
- Finley, ND (ranks Leonard #1)
- Valley City, ND (ranks Leonard #1)
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 →