Climate twins of Madison Lake, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Madison Lake'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: Madison Lake vs its climate twin
Top match: Necedah, WI
| Month | Madison Lake | Necedah | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 23.7°F | 5.7°F | 0.99 in | 26.2°F | 6.0°F | 1.15 in |
| February | 28.6°F | 9.4°F | 0.84 in | 31.5°F | 9.4°F | 1.03 in |
| March | 40.9°F | 21.9°F | 1.88 in | 44.2°F | 19.9°F | 1.76 in |
| April | 56.5°F | 33.9°F | 3.31 in | 58.7°F | 31.4°F | 3.22 in |
| May | 69.2°F | 47.0°F | 4.20 in | 70.9°F | 43.6°F | 3.92 in |
| June | 78.8°F | 57.7°F | 5.64 in | 79.6°F | 53.2°F | 5.13 in |
| July | 81.9°F | 61.7°F | 4.26 in | 83.6°F | 57.5°F | 4.47 in |
| August | 79.5°F | 59.4°F | 4.31 in | 81.1°F | 55.7°F | 3.97 in |
| September | 73.6°F | 50.1°F | 3.30 in | 73.6°F | 47.6°F | 3.32 in |
| October | 59.8°F | 37.4°F | 2.37 in | 60.1°F | 35.8°F | 2.73 in |
| November | 43.4°F | 24.7°F | 1.65 in | 43.6°F | 23.8°F | 1.87 in |
| December | 28.6°F | 12.7°F | 1.13 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 →