Climate twins of Nevis, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Nevis'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: Nevis vs its climate twin
Top match: Mayville, ND
| Month | Nevis | Mayville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 18.1°F | -2.8°F | 0.43 in | 16.1°F | -3.7°F | 0.54 in |
| February | 23.8°F | 0.8°F | 0.40 in | 21.0°F | -0.5°F | 0.53 in |
| March | 36.9°F | 15.6°F | 1.00 in | 33.4°F | 13.0°F | 0.96 in |
| April | 52.6°F | 29.3°F | 1.72 in | 51.3°F | 28.0°F | 1.50 in |
| May | 66.5°F | 41.9°F | 3.09 in | 66.6°F | 40.6°F | 3.29 in |
| June | 75.7°F | 52.8°F | 4.08 in | 76.2°F | 53.2°F | 4.11 in |
| July | 80.2°F | 57.1°F | 3.93 in | 80.1°F | 56.6°F | 3.88 in |
| August | 78.6°F | 54.8°F | 2.78 in | 79.2°F | 53.9°F | 2.66 in |
| September | 69.2°F | 46.3°F | 2.70 in | 70.1°F | 44.2°F | 2.68 in |
| October | 53.6°F | 33.5°F | 2.40 in | 54.4°F | 31.7°F | 2.11 in |
| November | 36.4°F | 19.3°F | 0.81 in | 36.3°F | 17.3°F | 0.79 in |
| December | 23.1°F | 5.4°F | 0.52 in | 22.3°F | 4.5°F | 0.85 in |
Cities that consider Nevis their climate twin
These US cities have Nevis in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Nevis would feel familiar.
- Portland, ND (ranks Nevis #2)
- Clifford, ND (ranks Nevis #2)
- Hatton, ND (ranks Nevis #2)
- Mayville, ND (ranks Nevis #2)
- Casselton, ND (ranks Nevis #2)
- Amenia, ND (ranks Nevis #2)
- Mapleton, ND (ranks Nevis #2)
- Buffalo, ND (ranks Nevis #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 →