Climate twins of New Richland, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches New Richland'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: New Richland vs its climate twin
Top match: Waukon, IA
| Month | New Richland | Waukon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 21.7°F | 4.8°F | 1.27 in | 24.0°F | 8.4°F | 1.23 in |
| February | 26.4°F | 8.7°F | 1.20 in | 29.0°F | 12.0°F | 1.25 in |
| March | 39.1°F | 22.3°F | 2.25 in | 41.5°F | 22.8°F | 2.03 in |
| April | 55.2°F | 34.9°F | 3.30 in | 55.7°F | 34.3°F | 4.06 in |
| May | 68.1°F | 47.8°F | 4.47 in | 67.5°F | 45.7°F | 4.66 in |
| June | 78.3°F | 58.6°F | 5.38 in | 77.3°F | 57.7°F | 5.92 in |
| July | 81.3°F | 61.4°F | 4.93 in | 81.3°F | 61.6°F | 4.73 in |
| August | 79.1°F | 59.0°F | 4.82 in | 79.0°F | 59.3°F | 4.70 in |
| September | 72.9°F | 50.4°F | 4.12 in | 72.2°F | 50.7°F | 3.92 in |
| October | 58.7°F | 36.9°F | 2.77 in | 58.7°F | 38.7°F | 2.85 in |
| November | 41.4°F | 24.4°F | 1.89 in | 42.5°F | 26.5°F | 2.27 in |
| December | 27.5°F | 12.1°F | 1.50 in | 29.4°F | 15.0°F | 1.57 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 →