Climate twins of McKinley, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches McKinley'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: McKinley vs its climate twin
Top match: Kelliher, MN
| Month | McKinley | Kelliher | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 16.5°F | -1.5°F | 0.77 in | 16.9°F | -4.9°F | 0.77 in |
| February | 22.1°F | 1.7°F | 0.70 in | 23.0°F | -2.4°F | 0.64 in |
| March | 35.3°F | 14.3°F | 1.16 in | 35.0°F | 9.7°F | 1.20 in |
| April | 49.0°F | 27.6°F | 1.95 in | 49.5°F | 26.2°F | 1.82 in |
| May | 63.1°F | 40.7°F | 3.00 in | 62.8°F | 39.3°F | 3.01 in |
| June | 72.3°F | 51.1°F | 4.25 in | 72.1°F | 51.1°F | 4.23 in |
| July | 77.2°F | 55.6°F | 3.92 in | 77.1°F | 54.7°F | 3.84 in |
| August | 75.5°F | 53.8°F | 3.49 in | 75.8°F | 52.3°F | 3.20 in |
| September | 66.0°F | 45.3°F | 3.44 in | 67.0°F | 44.7°F | 3.10 in |
| October | 50.9°F | 33.4°F | 2.55 in | 52.4°F | 34.1°F | 2.68 in |
| November | 34.5°F | 19.9°F | 1.35 in | 34.7°F | 19.3°F | 1.36 in |
| December | 21.8°F | 6.4°F | 1.00 in | 21.8°F | 3.8°F | 1.03 in |
Cities that consider McKinley their climate twin
These US cities have McKinley in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, McKinley would feel familiar.
- Funkley, MN (ranks McKinley #1)
- Kelliher, MN (ranks McKinley #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 →