Climate twins of Radisson, WI

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Radisson'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: Radisson vs its climate twin

Top match: Deerwood, MN

Month Radisson Deerwood
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 20.1°F 1.6°F 1.02 in 18.8°F 0.1°F 1.09 in
February 25.6°F 5.4°F 1.10 in 24.6°F 3.6°F 0.98 in
March 37.8°F 17.6°F 1.71 in 36.8°F 15.4°F 1.69 in
April 51.3°F 29.9°F 3.04 in 51.5°F 29.3°F 2.82 in
May 65.0°F 41.9°F 3.78 in 65.3°F 40.0°F 3.84 in
June 74.0°F 51.1°F 5.00 in 74.7°F 51.1°F 4.44 in
July 77.7°F 55.4°F 4.30 in 79.1°F 56.1°F 4.74 in
August 75.9°F 53.6°F 3.99 in 76.9°F 53.6°F 3.29 in
September 68.0°F 46.4°F 4.46 in 68.6°F 45.6°F 3.10 in
October 53.8°F 34.9°F 3.67 in 54.7°F 33.8°F 2.93 in
November 37.6°F 23.2°F 1.78 in 37.7°F 21.9°F 1.73 in
December 25.1°F 9.6°F 1.32 in 24.5°F 9.6°F 1.25 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 →