Climate twins of McClusky, ND
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches McClusky'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: McClusky vs its climate twin
Top match: Lowry, SD
| Month | McClusky | Lowry | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 23.0°F | 3.0°F | 0.49 in | 23.2°F | 4.0°F | 0.40 in |
| February | 27.3°F | 6.3°F | 0.45 in | 27.7°F | 7.6°F | 0.57 in |
| March | 40.4°F | 18.0°F | 0.67 in | 40.5°F | 19.3°F | 0.79 in |
| April | 57.0°F | 31.7°F | 1.23 in | 54.9°F | 31.0°F | 1.60 in |
| May | 70.6°F | 44.0°F | 2.48 in | 67.3°F | 44.0°F | 2.82 in |
| June | 79.4°F | 54.4°F | 3.36 in | 77.5°F | 54.9°F | 3.45 in |
| July | 85.3°F | 59.4°F | 2.53 in | 84.1°F | 60.3°F | 2.68 in |
| August | 85.2°F | 57.1°F | 2.30 in | 82.8°F | 57.7°F | 2.41 in |
| September | 75.3°F | 47.8°F | 1.91 in | 73.7°F | 48.2°F | 1.64 in |
| October | 58.3°F | 34.4°F | 1.39 in | 57.5°F | 34.0°F | 1.83 in |
| November | 40.4°F | 20.4°F | 0.69 in | 40.8°F | 20.6°F | 0.54 in |
| December | 27.2°F | 8.5°F | 0.67 in | 28.0°F | 9.7°F | 0.51 in |
Cities that consider McClusky their climate twin
These US cities have McClusky in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, McClusky would feel familiar.
- Akaska, SD (ranks McClusky #1)
- Lowry, SD (ranks McClusky #1)
- Ipswich, SD (ranks McClusky #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 →