Climate twins of Wanda, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Wanda'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: Wanda vs its climate twin
Top match: Ramona, SD
| Month | Wanda | Ramona | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 22.6°F | 5.0°F | 0.54 in | 23.7°F | 5.0°F | 0.46 in |
| February | 27.2°F | 8.8°F | 0.66 in | 28.5°F | 9.5°F | 0.66 in |
| March | 39.4°F | 21.2°F | 1.50 in | 41.2°F | 21.5°F | 1.03 in |
| April | 55.0°F | 33.0°F | 2.92 in | 55.6°F | 33.4°F | 2.70 in |
| May | 68.4°F | 46.5°F | 3.97 in | 68.1°F | 45.9°F | 3.74 in |
| June | 78.7°F | 57.9°F | 4.59 in | 78.2°F | 56.6°F | 4.24 in |
| July | 82.2°F | 61.0°F | 3.79 in | 83.3°F | 60.9°F | 3.33 in |
| August | 79.6°F | 58.0°F | 3.55 in | 80.9°F | 58.4°F | 3.38 in |
| September | 73.4°F | 49.1°F | 3.46 in | 73.1°F | 49.6°F | 3.21 in |
| October | 59.0°F | 35.8°F | 2.26 in | 58.7°F | 35.7°F | 2.16 in |
| November | 41.9°F | 23.0°F | 1.27 in | 42.2°F | 22.6°F | 0.85 in |
| December | 27.9°F | 11.3°F | 0.82 in | 28.7°F | 11.0°F | 0.61 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 →