Climate twins of Sturgeon Lake, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Sturgeon Lake'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: Sturgeon Lake vs its climate twin
Top match: Eagle Bend, MN
| Month | Sturgeon Lake | Eagle Bend | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 19.8°F | 0.7°F | 0.79 in | 17.9°F | -0.9°F | 0.98 in |
| February | 25.3°F | 4.3°F | 0.92 in | 23.0°F | 2.6°F | 0.92 in |
| March | 37.7°F | 17.4°F | 1.39 in | 35.8°F | 15.4°F | 1.54 in |
| April | 52.1°F | 29.9°F | 2.57 in | 51.2°F | 28.3°F | 2.73 in |
| May | 65.7°F | 41.0°F | 3.42 in | 64.5°F | 41.4°F | 3.47 in |
| June | 75.1°F | 50.7°F | 4.75 in | 74.5°F | 52.9°F | 4.58 in |
| July | 80.2°F | 57.3°F | 4.80 in | 78.7°F | 56.9°F | 4.64 in |
| August | 78.0°F | 56.2°F | 3.73 in | 77.0°F | 54.7°F | 3.37 in |
| September | 68.9°F | 48.2°F | 3.18 in | 68.3°F | 46.3°F | 3.29 in |
| October | 54.1°F | 35.8°F | 3.10 in | 53.8°F | 33.6°F | 2.92 in |
| November | 38.0°F | 22.8°F | 1.68 in | 37.1°F | 20.0°F | 1.46 in |
| December | 24.7°F | 8.9°F | 1.17 in | 23.2°F | 7.2°F | 1.13 in |
Cities that consider Sturgeon Lake their climate twin
These US cities have Sturgeon Lake in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Sturgeon Lake would feel familiar.
- Browerville, MN (ranks Sturgeon Lake #1)
- Long Prairie, MN (ranks Sturgeon Lake #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 →