Climate twins of Tappen, ND
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Tappen'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: Tappen vs its climate twin
Top match: Manvel, ND
| Month | Tappen | Manvel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 18.7°F | 0.1°F | 0.48 in | 15.8°F | -3.1°F | 0.49 in |
| February | 22.2°F | 3.9°F | 0.49 in | 20.5°F | 0.7°F | 0.51 in |
| March | 35.7°F | 16.8°F | 0.94 in | 33.9°F | 15.0°F | 0.91 in |
| April | 51.5°F | 28.3°F | 1.40 in | 52.0°F | 29.3°F | 1.21 in |
| May | 64.3°F | 41.0°F | 2.94 in | 66.9°F | 41.4°F | 2.80 in |
| June | 73.4°F | 52.2°F | 3.70 in | 76.4°F | 52.9°F | 3.77 in |
| July | 80.0°F | 57.2°F | 3.35 in | 80.7°F | 57.0°F | 3.52 in |
| August | 79.2°F | 55.0°F | 2.43 in | 79.8°F | 54.3°F | 2.81 in |
| September | 69.7°F | 45.8°F | 2.29 in | 70.4°F | 45.3°F | 2.26 in |
| October | 53.4°F | 31.9°F | 1.68 in | 53.9°F | 32.5°F | 1.88 in |
| November | 37.1°F | 18.4°F | 0.64 in | 35.7°F | 17.8°F | 0.92 in |
| December | 23.4°F | 6.8°F | 0.57 in | 21.4°F | 4.2°F | 0.66 in |
Cities that consider Tappen their climate twin
These US cities have Tappen in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Tappen would feel familiar.
- Emerado, ND (ranks Tappen #1)
- Gilby, ND (ranks Tappen #1)
- Manvel, ND (ranks Tappen #1)
- Argyle, MN (ranks Tappen #2)
- Stephen, MN (ranks Tappen #2)
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 →