Climate twins of Mora, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Mora'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: Mora vs its climate twin
Top match: Cornell, WI
| Month | Mora | Cornell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 20.7°F | 0.5°F | 0.74 in | 22.3°F | 2.3°F | 1.03 in |
| February | 26.2°F | 4.3°F | 0.85 in | 27.6°F | 5.5°F | 1.02 in |
| March | 38.6°F | 17.7°F | 1.59 in | 39.1°F | 18.3°F | 1.72 in |
| April | 53.1°F | 31.1°F | 2.51 in | 53.5°F | 32.3°F | 3.01 in |
| May | 66.7°F | 43.3°F | 3.77 in | 66.2°F | 44.5°F | 3.86 in |
| June | 75.8°F | 53.5°F | 4.35 in | 75.1°F | 54.3°F | 4.71 in |
| July | 80.3°F | 58.0°F | 4.70 in | 79.6°F | 58.7°F | 3.87 in |
| August | 78.4°F | 55.6°F | 4.17 in | 77.4°F | 56.4°F | 4.26 in |
| September | 70.4°F | 47.0°F | 3.27 in | 69.6°F | 47.9°F | 3.67 in |
| October | 56.1°F | 34.7°F | 2.92 in | 56.1°F | 35.8°F | 3.04 in |
| November | 39.4°F | 22.4°F | 1.65 in | 39.9°F | 23.8°F | 1.85 in |
| December | 26.1°F | 8.9°F | 1.16 in | 27.7°F | 11.6°F | 1.29 in |
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 →