Climate twins of Ridgeland, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Ridgeland'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: Ridgeland vs its climate twin
Top match: Merrill, WI
| Month | Ridgeland | Merrill | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 21.3°F | 2.4°F | 1.04 in | 22.0°F | 3.4°F | 1.19 in |
| February | 26.2°F | 5.0°F | 1.16 in | 26.6°F | 5.1°F | 1.06 in |
| March | 38.6°F | 17.9°F | 2.14 in | 38.7°F | 17.0°F | 1.75 in |
| April | 53.9°F | 31.2°F | 3.34 in | 52.9°F | 29.6°F | 2.93 in |
| May | 67.0°F | 43.5°F | 4.08 in | 66.6°F | 42.6°F | 3.72 in |
| June | 76.1°F | 54.2°F | 4.73 in | 76.1°F | 53.2°F | 4.63 in |
| July | 80.2°F | 58.1°F | 4.52 in | 80.2°F | 57.1°F | 3.82 in |
| August | 78.0°F | 55.4°F | 4.51 in | 77.9°F | 54.7°F | 4.05 in |
| September | 70.2°F | 46.5°F | 3.65 in | 69.7°F | 46.3°F | 3.86 in |
| October | 56.3°F | 35.0°F | 3.07 in | 55.4°F | 34.5°F | 3.16 in |
| November | 40.3°F | 23.2°F | 1.94 in | 39.7°F | 23.1°F | 2.06 in |
| December | 26.9°F | 10.0°F | 1.44 in | 27.4°F | 11.4°F | 1.53 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 →