Climate twins of Waubun, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Waubun'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: Waubun vs its climate twin
Top match: Hill City, MN
| Month | Waubun | Hill City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 15.2°F | -2.5°F | 0.79 in | 17.8°F | -2.9°F | 0.77 in |
| February | 21.3°F | 1.5°F | 0.73 in | 23.5°F | 0.6°F | 0.73 in |
| March | 34.4°F | 15.2°F | 1.08 in | 36.8°F | 14.4°F | 1.10 in |
| April | 51.9°F | 29.9°F | 1.71 in | 50.2°F | 28.5°F | 1.80 in |
| May | 66.0°F | 43.3°F | 3.15 in | 64.6°F | 41.4°F | 3.07 in |
| June | 74.2°F | 53.5°F | 4.72 in | 73.3°F | 51.6°F | 4.63 in |
| July | 78.5°F | 57.6°F | 3.76 in | 78.3°F | 56.5°F | 4.23 in |
| August | 78.1°F | 55.0°F | 3.44 in | 76.4°F | 54.8°F | 3.39 in |
| September | 69.2°F | 46.6°F | 2.76 in | 68.0°F | 46.4°F | 3.12 in |
| October | 53.5°F | 34.4°F | 2.26 in | 52.2°F | 33.6°F | 2.55 in |
| November | 34.1°F | 19.5°F | 0.96 in | 36.1°F | 20.1°F | 1.34 in |
| December | 21.5°F | 5.6°F | 1.05 in | 22.6°F | 5.3°F | 1.01 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 →