Climate twins of Skyline, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Skyline'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: Skyline vs its climate twin
Top match: Durand, WI
| Month | Skyline | Durand | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 23.7°F | 5.7°F | 0.99 in | 24.6°F | 4.5°F | 1.13 in |
| February | 28.6°F | 9.4°F | 0.84 in | 29.3°F | 7.6°F | 1.17 in |
| March | 40.9°F | 21.9°F | 1.88 in | 42.0°F | 21.3°F | 2.06 in |
| April | 56.5°F | 33.9°F | 3.31 in | 56.0°F | 33.8°F | 3.31 in |
| May | 69.2°F | 47.0°F | 4.20 in | 68.3°F | 46.6°F | 4.22 in |
| June | 78.8°F | 57.7°F | 5.64 in | 78.1°F | 56.5°F | 5.11 in |
| July | 81.9°F | 61.7°F | 4.26 in | 82.4°F | 60.7°F | 3.91 in |
| August | 79.5°F | 59.4°F | 4.31 in | 80.2°F | 59.1°F | 4.51 in |
| September | 73.6°F | 50.1°F | 3.30 in | 73.0°F | 50.4°F | 3.76 in |
| October | 59.8°F | 37.4°F | 2.37 in | 59.2°F | 38.2°F | 2.72 in |
| November | 43.4°F | 24.7°F | 1.65 in | 42.6°F | 25.2°F | 1.81 in |
| December | 28.6°F | 12.7°F | 1.13 in | 30.0°F | 13.1°F | 1.48 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 →