Climate twins of Ramsey, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Ramsey'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: Ramsey vs its climate twin
Top match: Fall Creek, WI
| Month | Ramsey | Fall Creek | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 22.5°F | 3.5°F | 0.80 in | 22.2°F | 3.8°F | 0.98 in |
| February | 28.0°F | 7.0°F | 0.83 in | 26.8°F | 6.3°F | 1.06 in |
| March | 40.5°F | 18.3°F | 1.67 in | 39.5°F | 19.4°F | 1.70 in |
| April | 56.2°F | 31.9°F | 3.04 in | 54.3°F | 32.8°F | 3.11 in |
| May | 69.0°F | 44.5°F | 4.20 in | 67.6°F | 45.3°F | 4.30 in |
| June | 78.6°F | 56.2°F | 4.45 in | 77.2°F | 55.6°F | 5.09 in |
| July | 83.4°F | 60.9°F | 4.49 in | 81.6°F | 58.9°F | 4.25 in |
| August | 80.6°F | 57.7°F | 4.03 in | 78.8°F | 56.9°F | 4.42 in |
| September | 72.5°F | 49.0°F | 3.61 in | 70.3°F | 48.4°F | 3.76 in |
| October | 57.8°F | 36.1°F | 2.96 in | 56.5°F | 35.3°F | 2.63 in |
| November | 40.9°F | 23.5°F | 1.71 in | 40.8°F | 23.9°F | 1.79 in |
| December | 27.4°F | 10.6°F | 1.10 in | 27.7°F | 11.3°F | 1.39 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 →