Climate twins of Strathcona, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Strathcona'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: Strathcona vs its climate twin
Top match: Remer, MN
| Month | Strathcona | Remer | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 15.8°F | -3.2°F | 0.60 in | 17.6°F | -2.3°F | 0.68 in |
| February | 22.3°F | 0.3°F | 0.53 in | 23.8°F | 1.2°F | 0.68 in |
| March | 36.1°F | 15.3°F | 0.75 in | 37.4°F | 15.1°F | 1.11 in |
| April | 52.8°F | 30.5°F | 1.38 in | 51.8°F | 29.4°F | 1.86 in |
| May | 67.1°F | 44.4°F | 3.15 in | 66.1°F | 42.7°F | 2.91 in |
| June | 76.6°F | 55.2°F | 3.92 in | 75.4°F | 53.5°F | 3.82 in |
| July | 80.6°F | 58.7°F | 4.04 in | 79.8°F | 58.3°F | 4.37 in |
| August | 80.1°F | 56.6°F | 3.25 in | 78.2°F | 55.9°F | 3.20 in |
| September | 70.2°F | 48.2°F | 2.70 in | 69.3°F | 47.1°F | 3.13 in |
| October | 54.2°F | 34.4°F | 2.16 in | 54.1°F | 35.0°F | 2.51 in |
| November | 35.8°F | 19.4°F | 1.07 in | 36.4°F | 21.3°F | 1.22 in |
| December | 21.2°F | 4.7°F | 0.85 in | 23.1°F | 6.8°F | 1.09 in |
Cities that consider Strathcona their climate twin
These US cities have Strathcona in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Strathcona would feel familiar.
- Colfax, ND (ranks Strathcona #1)
- Walcott, ND (ranks Strathcona #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 →