Climate twins of Minneapolis, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Minneapolis'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: Minneapolis vs its climate twin
Top match: Nemaha, NE
| Month | Minneapolis | Nemaha | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 40.4°F | 18.2°F | 0.86 in | 34.7°F | 14.1°F | 0.76 in |
| February | 45.8°F | 21.3°F | 1.16 in | 40.0°F | 18.6°F | 1.11 in |
| March | 57.0°F | 30.6°F | 1.92 in | 53.3°F | 29.4°F | 2.00 in |
| April | 67.1°F | 40.7°F | 2.42 in | 65.0°F | 40.2°F | 2.90 in |
| May | 76.7°F | 52.7°F | 5.17 in | 75.3°F | 53.4°F | 4.99 in |
| June | 87.7°F | 63.2°F | 3.98 in | 84.2°F | 63.4°F | 4.40 in |
| July | 93.3°F | 68.2°F | 4.40 in | 87.3°F | 67.1°F | 4.34 in |
| August | 90.6°F | 65.6°F | 4.20 in | 85.7°F | 63.9°F | 3.34 in |
| September | 82.6°F | 56.8°F | 2.69 in | 80.0°F | 54.8°F | 3.07 in |
| October | 69.6°F | 43.4°F | 2.39 in | 67.1°F | 41.9°F | 2.49 in |
| November | 55.0°F | 30.6°F | 1.24 in | 51.7°F | 29.0°F | 1.74 in |
| December | 42.6°F | 21.3°F | 1.29 in | 39.1°F | 19.0°F | 1.17 in |
Cities that consider Minneapolis their climate twin
These US cities have Minneapolis in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Minneapolis would feel familiar.
- Hardtner, KS (ranks Minneapolis #1)
- Hazelton, KS (ranks Minneapolis #1)
- Kiowa, KS (ranks Minneapolis #1)
- Amorita, OK (ranks Minneapolis #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 →