Climate twins of Rice Lake, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Rice Lake'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: Rice Lake vs its climate twin
Top match: Tomahawk, WI
| Month | Rice Lake | Tomahawk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 19.9°F | 2.4°F | 0.95 in | 20.5°F | 2.2°F | 1.18 in |
| February | 24.8°F | 6.0°F | 1.01 in | 25.6°F | 3.3°F | 1.08 in |
| March | 36.2°F | 17.8°F | 1.46 in | 36.9°F | 14.6°F | 1.81 in |
| April | 49.2°F | 29.9°F | 2.53 in | 50.2°F | 28.7°F | 2.86 in |
| May | 63.0°F | 41.0°F | 3.37 in | 64.0°F | 42.5°F | 3.60 in |
| June | 72.1°F | 50.2°F | 4.39 in | 72.7°F | 53.0°F | 4.16 in |
| July | 77.7°F | 56.2°F | 3.92 in | 76.5°F | 57.2°F | 3.68 in |
| August | 75.8°F | 55.2°F | 3.73 in | 74.3°F | 55.3°F | 3.43 in |
| September | 67.2°F | 47.3°F | 3.48 in | 66.4°F | 47.8°F | 3.57 in |
| October | 52.7°F | 35.6°F | 2.91 in | 53.0°F | 35.7°F | 2.96 in |
| November | 37.1°F | 22.5°F | 1.96 in | 38.0°F | 23.2°F | 1.76 in |
| December | 24.7°F | 9.6°F | 1.47 in | 25.7°F | 10.7°F | 1.44 in |
Cities that consider Rice Lake their climate twin
These US cities have Rice Lake in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Rice Lake would feel familiar.
- Tomahawk, WI (ranks Rice Lake #1)
- Aniwa, WI (ranks Rice Lake #1)
- Antigo, WI (ranks Rice Lake #1)
- Mattoon, WI (ranks Rice Lake #1)
- Crystal Falls, MI (ranks Rice Lake #1)
- Alpha, MI (ranks Rice Lake #1)
- Eagle River, WI (ranks Rice Lake #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 →