Climate twins of Tomahawk, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Tomahawk'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: Tomahawk vs its climate twin
Top match: Rice Lake, MN
| Month | Tomahawk | Rice Lake | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 20.5°F | 2.2°F | 1.18 in | 19.9°F | 2.4°F | 0.95 in |
| February | 25.6°F | 3.3°F | 1.08 in | 24.8°F | 6.0°F | 1.01 in |
| March | 36.9°F | 14.6°F | 1.81 in | 36.2°F | 17.8°F | 1.46 in |
| April | 50.2°F | 28.7°F | 2.86 in | 49.2°F | 29.9°F | 2.53 in |
| May | 64.0°F | 42.5°F | 3.60 in | 63.0°F | 41.0°F | 3.37 in |
| June | 72.7°F | 53.0°F | 4.16 in | 72.1°F | 50.2°F | 4.39 in |
| July | 76.5°F | 57.2°F | 3.68 in | 77.7°F | 56.2°F | 3.92 in |
| August | 74.3°F | 55.3°F | 3.43 in | 75.8°F | 55.2°F | 3.73 in |
| September | 66.4°F | 47.8°F | 3.57 in | 67.2°F | 47.3°F | 3.48 in |
| October | 53.0°F | 35.7°F | 2.96 in | 52.7°F | 35.6°F | 2.91 in |
| November | 38.0°F | 23.2°F | 1.76 in | 37.1°F | 22.5°F | 1.96 in |
| December | 25.7°F | 10.7°F | 1.44 in | 24.7°F | 9.6°F | 1.47 in |
Cities that consider Tomahawk their climate twin
These US cities have Tomahawk in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Tomahawk would feel familiar.
- Rice Lake, MN (ranks Tomahawk #1)
- Aitkin, MN (ranks Tomahawk #1)
- Cuyuna, MN (ranks Tomahawk #1)
- Deerwood, MN (ranks Tomahawk #1)
- Poplar, WI (ranks Tomahawk #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 →