Climate twins of Norway, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Norway'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: Norway vs its climate twin
Top match: Ashland, WI
| Month | Norway | Ashland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 24.0°F | 4.4°F | 1.36 in | 21.4°F | 4.4°F | 1.31 in |
| February | 28.3°F | 6.1°F | 1.15 in | 25.8°F | 7.2°F | 1.08 in |
| March | 39.2°F | 16.9°F | 1.68 in | 36.8°F | 17.6°F | 1.62 in |
| April | 51.9°F | 29.0°F | 2.79 in | 48.9°F | 29.2°F | 2.94 in |
| May | 66.4°F | 41.7°F | 3.48 in | 63.1°F | 39.6°F | 3.63 in |
| June | 76.0°F | 52.0°F | 3.71 in | 72.7°F | 49.7°F | 4.18 in |
| July | 80.4°F | 56.6°F | 3.41 in | 78.1°F | 56.3°F | 4.08 in |
| August | 78.3°F | 55.1°F | 3.38 in | 77.0°F | 54.9°F | 3.77 in |
| September | 70.1°F | 47.0°F | 3.60 in | 68.7°F | 47.3°F | 3.58 in |
| October | 55.7°F | 34.9°F | 3.27 in | 54.9°F | 35.1°F | 3.26 in |
| November | 40.8°F | 24.2°F | 1.90 in | 39.4°F | 24.2°F | 1.79 in |
| December | 29.0°F | 12.8°F | 1.76 in | 27.2°F | 12.3°F | 1.59 in |
Cities that consider Norway their climate twin
These US cities have Norway in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Norway would feel familiar.
- Bayfield, WI (ranks Norway #3)
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 →