Climate twins of Lowry, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lowry'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: Lowry vs its climate twin
Top match: De Smet, SD
| Month | Lowry | De Smet | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 22.6°F | 1.5°F | 0.48 in | 23.2°F | 4.9°F | 0.60 in |
| February | 27.3°F | 5.2°F | 0.52 in | 28.5°F | 9.2°F | 0.88 in |
| March | 40.2°F | 18.6°F | 1.14 in | 40.6°F | 20.9°F | 1.36 in |
| April | 56.9°F | 30.9°F | 2.12 in | 55.0°F | 33.2°F | 2.30 in |
| May | 70.4°F | 43.5°F | 2.99 in | 67.1°F | 45.4°F | 3.32 in |
| June | 78.9°F | 53.6°F | 4.31 in | 76.9°F | 56.1°F | 4.06 in |
| July | 82.9°F | 57.9°F | 4.13 in | 81.5°F | 61.0°F | 3.88 in |
| August | 81.1°F | 55.5°F | 3.74 in | 79.1°F | 58.9°F | 3.07 in |
| September | 73.5°F | 47.2°F | 2.93 in | 71.6°F | 50.1°F | 2.78 in |
| October | 58.8°F | 34.2°F | 2.46 in | 56.9°F | 35.9°F | 1.98 in |
| November | 41.4°F | 20.8°F | 0.96 in | 40.7°F | 22.0°F | 0.96 in |
| December | 28.0°F | 8.2°F | 0.66 in | 27.7°F | 10.3°F | 0.74 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 →