Climate twins of McGrath, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches McGrath'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: McGrath vs its climate twin
Top match: Deer Creek, MN
| Month | McGrath | Deer Creek | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 18.7°F | -0.5°F | 0.60 in | 17.8°F | -1.5°F | 0.87 in |
| February | 24.2°F | 2.9°F | 0.71 in | 23.0°F | 1.8°F | 0.77 in |
| March | 37.0°F | 16.5°F | 1.35 in | 35.5°F | 15.4°F | 1.35 in |
| April | 51.1°F | 30.3°F | 2.51 in | 51.8°F | 29.2°F | 2.58 in |
| May | 64.6°F | 43.0°F | 3.12 in | 65.4°F | 42.3°F | 3.53 in |
| June | 73.8°F | 52.9°F | 4.30 in | 73.9°F | 53.5°F | 4.43 in |
| July | 78.4°F | 58.1°F | 4.35 in | 78.0°F | 57.6°F | 4.27 in |
| August | 76.6°F | 56.3°F | 3.85 in | 76.5°F | 54.8°F | 3.64 in |
| September | 68.6°F | 48.5°F | 2.95 in | 68.6°F | 46.5°F | 2.86 in |
| October | 54.1°F | 36.0°F | 2.80 in | 53.9°F | 33.7°F | 2.84 in |
| November | 37.6°F | 22.8°F | 1.54 in | 37.1°F | 20.3°F | 1.28 in |
| December | 23.9°F | 8.6°F | 0.74 in | 23.5°F | 7.4°F | 0.90 in |
Cities that consider McGrath their climate twin
These US cities have McGrath in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, McGrath would feel familiar.
- Deer Creek, MN (ranks McGrath #1)
- Clitherall, MN (ranks McGrath #1)
- Dent, MN (ranks McGrath #1)
- Henning, MN (ranks McGrath #1)
- Ottertail, MN (ranks McGrath #1)
- Richville, MN (ranks McGrath #1)
- Battle Lake, MN (ranks McGrath #1)
- Vining, MN (ranks McGrath #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 →