Climate twins of Turtle Lake, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Turtle 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: Turtle Lake vs its climate twin
Top match: Merrill, WI
| Month | Turtle Lake | Merrill | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 19.1°F | 0.3°F | 0.95 in | 22.0°F | 3.4°F | 1.19 in |
| February | 24.3°F | 2.7°F | 0.99 in | 26.6°F | 5.1°F | 1.06 in |
| March | 37.1°F | 15.5°F | 1.69 in | 38.7°F | 17.0°F | 1.75 in |
| April | 51.6°F | 30.4°F | 2.83 in | 52.9°F | 29.6°F | 2.93 in |
| May | 64.7°F | 44.0°F | 3.84 in | 66.6°F | 42.6°F | 3.72 in |
| June | 74.7°F | 54.9°F | 4.54 in | 76.1°F | 53.2°F | 4.63 in |
| July | 79.0°F | 59.4°F | 4.47 in | 80.2°F | 57.1°F | 3.82 in |
| August | 76.9°F | 57.3°F | 4.40 in | 77.9°F | 54.7°F | 4.05 in |
| September | 68.5°F | 48.1°F | 3.61 in | 69.7°F | 46.3°F | 3.86 in |
| October | 54.0°F | 35.1°F | 3.28 in | 55.4°F | 34.5°F | 3.16 in |
| November | 38.0°F | 22.0°F | 1.86 in | 39.7°F | 23.1°F | 2.06 in |
| December | 24.3°F | 8.7°F | 1.29 in | 27.4°F | 11.4°F | 1.53 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 →