Climate twins of Pequot Lakes, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Pequot Lakes'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: Pequot Lakes vs its climate twin
Top match: Summit, SD
| Month | Pequot Lakes | Summit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 18.9°F | -0.8°F | 0.77 in | 20.7°F | 2.1°F | 0.65 in |
| February | 24.8°F | 3.0°F | 0.73 in | 25.7°F | 6.1°F | 0.69 in |
| March | 37.9°F | 16.4°F | 1.37 in | 38.7°F | 18.4°F | 1.03 in |
| April | 51.9°F | 29.8°F | 2.10 in | 54.6°F | 30.3°F | 2.34 in |
| May | 65.5°F | 43.6°F | 3.66 in | 68.2°F | 42.8°F | 3.16 in |
| June | 75.1°F | 54.4°F | 4.49 in | 77.1°F | 53.5°F | 3.95 in |
| July | 79.7°F | 59.7°F | 4.30 in | 81.9°F | 58.1°F | 4.07 in |
| August | 77.8°F | 57.3°F | 3.17 in | 80.4°F | 56.3°F | 2.97 in |
| September | 69.2°F | 48.1°F | 2.84 in | 73.0°F | 47.9°F | 2.77 in |
| October | 54.3°F | 35.7°F | 2.88 in | 57.5°F | 34.4°F | 2.51 in |
| November | 37.9°F | 21.9°F | 1.43 in | 39.8°F | 20.7°F | 0.90 in |
| December | 24.2°F | 8.1°F | 1.02 in | 25.7°F | 8.6°F | 0.66 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 →