Climate twins of Rugby, ND
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Rugby'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: Rugby vs its climate twin
Top match: Niagara, ND
| Month | Rugby | Niagara | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 15.9°F | -3.9°F | 0.49 in | 13.7°F | -4.2°F | 0.44 in |
| February | 20.7°F | 0.4°F | 0.54 in | 18.6°F | -0.7°F | 0.45 in |
| March | 33.8°F | 13.6°F | 0.90 in | 31.3°F | 13.2°F | 0.50 in |
| April | 52.0°F | 27.9°F | 1.31 in | 49.7°F | 28.4°F | 0.94 in |
| May | 66.1°F | 40.3°F | 3.01 in | 64.9°F | 41.9°F | 2.79 in |
| June | 74.8°F | 51.0°F | 3.83 in | 74.3°F | 53.1°F | 3.84 in |
| July | 79.9°F | 55.1°F | 3.68 in | 78.9°F | 57.5°F | 3.61 in |
| August | 79.7°F | 53.0°F | 2.15 in | 78.3°F | 54.9°F | 2.51 in |
| September | 69.8°F | 43.5°F | 1.75 in | 68.9°F | 45.2°F | 2.12 in |
| October | 53.6°F | 30.2°F | 1.41 in | 52.3°F | 31.7°F | 1.66 in |
| November | 34.8°F | 15.8°F | 0.92 in | 34.0°F | 17.1°F | 0.73 in |
| December | 21.3°F | 2.6°F | 0.99 in | 19.9°F | 3.6°F | 0.64 in |
Cities that consider Rugby their climate twin
These US cities have Rugby in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Rugby would feel familiar.
- Inkster, ND (ranks Rugby #1)
- Fordville, ND (ranks Rugby #1)
- Niagara, ND (ranks Rugby #1)
- Mountain, ND (ranks Rugby #1)
- Cavalier, ND (ranks Rugby #1)
- Canton City (Hensel), ND (ranks Rugby #1)
- Bathgate, ND (ranks Rugby #1)
- Hamilton, ND (ranks Rugby #1)
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 →