Climate twins of North Branch, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches North Branch'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: North Branch vs its climate twin
Top match: Ingram, WI
| Month | North Branch | Ingram | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 22.3°F | -0.1°F | 0.83 in | 21.6°F | 2.0°F | 1.03 in |
| February | 27.3°F | 3.5°F | 1.01 in | 27.3°F | 4.1°F | 1.06 in |
| March | 40.4°F | 17.4°F | 1.55 in | 38.9°F | 16.9°F | 1.74 in |
| April | 55.3°F | 30.0°F | 2.98 in | 52.9°F | 31.4°F | 3.06 in |
| May | 68.5°F | 42.5°F | 4.02 in | 66.1°F | 44.1°F | 3.90 in |
| June | 77.6°F | 52.4°F | 4.19 in | 75.2°F | 54.6°F | 4.56 in |
| July | 82.1°F | 57.6°F | 4.22 in | 79.2°F | 58.4°F | 3.80 in |
| August | 79.9°F | 55.2°F | 4.01 in | 77.4°F | 56.1°F | 4.19 in |
| September | 71.6°F | 46.9°F | 3.48 in | 69.4°F | 47.7°F | 3.73 in |
| October | 57.3°F | 33.9°F | 3.21 in | 55.5°F | 36.0°F | 3.24 in |
| November | 40.7°F | 21.7°F | 1.62 in | 39.8°F | 24.1°F | 1.96 in |
| December | 27.4°F | 8.4°F | 1.27 in | 27.1°F | 10.8°F | 1.42 in |
Cities that consider North Branch their climate twin
These US cities have North Branch in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, North Branch would feel familiar.
- Glen Flora, WI (ranks North Branch #1)
- Ingram, WI (ranks North Branch #1)
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 →