Climate twins of Red Lake Falls, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Red Lake Falls'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: Red Lake Falls vs its climate twin
Top match: Hill City, MN
| Month | Red Lake Falls | Hill City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 15.0°F | -2.9°F | 0.60 in | 17.8°F | -2.9°F | 0.77 in |
| February | 19.8°F | 0.2°F | 0.57 in | 23.5°F | 0.6°F | 0.73 in |
| March | 33.7°F | 15.0°F | 0.89 in | 36.8°F | 14.4°F | 1.10 in |
| April | 51.2°F | 30.1°F | 1.32 in | 50.2°F | 28.5°F | 1.80 in |
| May | 65.6°F | 43.1°F | 2.85 in | 64.6°F | 41.4°F | 3.07 in |
| June | 74.6°F | 54.6°F | 4.49 in | 73.3°F | 51.6°F | 4.63 in |
| July | 78.9°F | 58.4°F | 3.58 in | 78.3°F | 56.5°F | 4.23 in |
| August | 78.2°F | 55.8°F | 3.50 in | 76.4°F | 54.8°F | 3.39 in |
| September | 68.9°F | 46.9°F | 2.81 in | 68.0°F | 46.4°F | 3.12 in |
| October | 53.2°F | 33.8°F | 2.09 in | 52.2°F | 33.6°F | 2.55 in |
| November | 35.0°F | 19.3°F | 0.85 in | 36.1°F | 20.1°F | 1.34 in |
| December | 21.3°F | 5.6°F | 0.78 in | 22.6°F | 5.3°F | 1.01 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 →