Climate twins of Two Harbors, MN

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Two Harbors'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: Two Harbors vs its climate twin

Top match: Crystal Falls, MI

Month Two Harbors Crystal Falls
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 23.7°F 7.4°F 1.04 in 21.9°F 3.2°F 1.02 in
February 27.8°F 10.1°F 1.16 in 26.1°F 4.1°F 0.96 in
March 36.9°F 20.5°F 1.51 in 36.8°F 14.0°F 1.45 in
April 47.6°F 30.7°F 2.65 in 49.5°F 27.3°F 2.58 in
May 58.1°F 38.6°F 3.30 in 63.8°F 40.0°F 3.32 in
June 67.0°F 45.7°F 4.23 in 73.2°F 50.0°F 4.11 in
July 75.1°F 54.5°F 4.05 in 77.5°F 54.5°F 3.73 in
August 74.5°F 56.0°F 3.48 in 75.5°F 52.6°F 3.06 in
September 66.8°F 48.8°F 3.53 in 67.6°F 44.9°F 3.52 in
October 53.9°F 37.9°F 3.03 in 53.8°F 33.8°F 3.41 in
November 40.0°F 26.1°F 2.18 in 38.8°F 23.0°F 1.85 in
December 28.5°F 14.2°F 1.56 in 27.1°F 11.3°F 1.41 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 →