Climate twins of Scanlon, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Scanlon'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: Scanlon vs its climate twin
Top match: Eagle River, WI
| Month | Scanlon | Eagle River | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 18.2°F | 1.7°F | 1.00 in | 21.2°F | 2.2°F | 1.26 in |
| February | 24.0°F | 4.6°F | 0.98 in | 25.8°F | 3.2°F | 1.06 in |
| March | 36.8°F | 16.1°F | 1.44 in | 37.1°F | 13.3°F | 1.61 in |
| April | 50.4°F | 27.9°F | 2.41 in | 50.2°F | 26.3°F | 2.78 in |
| May | 64.3°F | 38.4°F | 3.48 in | 65.1°F | 39.4°F | 3.51 in |
| June | 73.5°F | 47.8°F | 4.75 in | 74.7°F | 50.1°F | 4.06 in |
| July | 78.5°F | 54.0°F | 4.33 in | 78.1°F | 53.9°F | 4.01 in |
| August | 76.2°F | 53.0°F | 4.18 in | 75.3°F | 52.1°F | 3.20 in |
| September | 67.2°F | 45.6°F | 3.56 in | 67.4°F | 44.3°F | 3.61 in |
| October | 51.7°F | 34.3°F | 3.26 in | 52.9°F | 32.7°F | 3.55 in |
| November | 35.0°F | 21.9°F | 1.82 in | 38.0°F | 21.3°F | 1.92 in |
| December | 22.7°F | 9.0°F | 1.46 in | 26.3°F | 9.8°F | 1.56 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 →