Climate twins of Mellen, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Mellen'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: Mellen vs its climate twin
Top match: Bruno, MN
| Month | Mellen | Bruno | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 20.7°F | 2.1°F | 1.45 in | 19.1°F | -0.1°F | 0.95 in |
| February | 25.8°F | 4.6°F | 1.15 in | 24.9°F | 3.4°F | 1.03 in |
| March | 37.4°F | 15.1°F | 1.89 in | 37.6°F | 16.8°F | 1.62 in |
| April | 50.0°F | 27.5°F | 3.03 in | 51.1°F | 29.2°F | 2.98 in |
| May | 64.2°F | 39.8°F | 3.82 in | 65.0°F | 40.6°F | 3.70 in |
| June | 72.9°F | 49.8°F | 4.34 in | 73.8°F | 50.0°F | 4.70 in |
| July | 77.2°F | 55.3°F | 4.80 in | 78.2°F | 55.6°F | 4.97 in |
| August | 75.5°F | 53.6°F | 3.32 in | 76.4°F | 53.9°F | 3.92 in |
| September | 67.6°F | 46.4°F | 3.62 in | 68.4°F | 45.7°F | 3.40 in |
| October | 53.6°F | 34.1°F | 3.73 in | 54.1°F | 33.9°F | 3.13 in |
| November | 37.9°F | 22.5°F | 1.95 in | 37.7°F | 21.9°F | 1.86 in |
| December | 26.0°F | 10.5°F | 1.61 in | 24.2°F | 8.6°F | 1.42 in |
Cities that consider Mellen their climate twin
These US cities have Mellen in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Mellen would feel familiar.
- Aitkin, MN (ranks Mellen #2)
- Cuyuna, MN (ranks Mellen #2)
- Deerwood, MN (ranks Mellen #2)
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 →