Climate twins of Taylor, ND
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Taylor'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: Taylor vs its climate twin
Top match: Plevna, MT
| Month | Taylor | Plevna | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 24.0°F | 7.1°F | 0.37 in | 29.9°F | 6.2°F | 0.48 in |
| February | 27.4°F | 10.3°F | 0.38 in | 33.3°F | 10.2°F | 0.50 in |
| March | 40.0°F | 20.3°F | 0.67 in | 45.3°F | 20.3°F | 0.70 in |
| April | 53.8°F | 31.2°F | 1.30 in | 56.7°F | 30.1°F | 1.55 in |
| May | 66.1°F | 43.1°F | 2.44 in | 67.0°F | 40.5°F | 2.90 in |
| June | 75.4°F | 52.9°F | 3.10 in | 76.8°F | 50.0°F | 2.65 in |
| July | 82.8°F | 58.4°F | 2.18 in | 86.3°F | 56.1°F | 1.86 in |
| August | 82.2°F | 57.0°F | 1.74 in | 85.5°F | 54.0°F | 1.35 in |
| September | 71.8°F | 47.6°F | 1.73 in | 75.1°F | 44.1°F | 1.48 in |
| October | 55.0°F | 34.4°F | 1.46 in | 58.1°F | 31.3°F | 1.16 in |
| November | 39.1°F | 21.6°F | 0.50 in | 43.2°F | 18.9°F | 0.58 in |
| December | 27.7°F | 11.2°F | 0.46 in | 32.4°F | 8.6°F | 0.43 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 →