Climate twins of Nekoma, ND

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Nekoma'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: Nekoma vs its climate twin

Top match: Souris, ND

Month Nekoma Souris
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 13.1°F -6.3°F 0.70 in 15.2°F -4.0°F 0.53 in
February 18.2°F -3.5°F 0.43 in 19.8°F -0.4°F 0.53 in
March 30.5°F 10.9°F 0.84 in 32.9°F 13.7°F 0.76 in
April 49.1°F 27.5°F 1.18 in 51.3°F 28.2°F 1.07 in
May 64.1°F 40.7°F 2.90 in 65.2°F 41.0°F 2.58 in
June 73.1°F 51.3°F 3.90 in 74.0°F 51.5°F 3.87 in
July 77.8°F 55.4°F 3.71 in 79.3°F 56.1°F 2.75 in
August 77.8°F 52.7°F 2.85 in 79.1°F 53.8°F 2.61 in
September 68.6°F 43.1°F 2.05 in 69.3°F 44.1°F 1.52 in
October 52.4°F 29.5°F 1.53 in 52.6°F 30.0°F 1.50 in
November 33.5°F 15.1°F 0.94 in 34.2°F 15.6°F 0.78 in
December 18.6°F 1.2°F 0.87 in 20.1°F 2.6°F 0.70 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 →