Climate twins of West St. Paul, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches West St. Paul'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: West St. Paul vs its climate twin
Top match: Spirit Lake, IA
| Month | West St. Paul | Spirit Lake | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 23.9°F | 8.6°F | 0.48 in | 24.0°F | 7.1°F | 0.55 in |
| February | 28.7°F | 12.9°F | 0.52 in | 28.3°F | 11.0°F | 0.63 in |
| March | 41.7°F | 24.6°F | 1.43 in | 41.6°F | 23.2°F | 1.43 in |
| April | 56.8°F | 37.2°F | 2.58 in | 55.9°F | 35.1°F | 2.99 in |
| May | 68.9°F | 48.9°F | 3.97 in | 68.2°F | 47.6°F | 4.13 in |
| June | 78.5°F | 59.2°F | 4.63 in | 78.9°F | 58.6°F | 4.77 in |
| July | 82.6°F | 64.0°F | 3.97 in | 82.8°F | 62.6°F | 3.53 in |
| August | 80.4°F | 61.7°F | 4.10 in | 80.1°F | 60.2°F | 3.69 in |
| September | 72.4°F | 53.4°F | 3.08 in | 73.1°F | 52.1°F | 3.03 in |
| October | 58.0°F | 40.0°F | 2.47 in | 59.0°F | 38.6°F | 2.09 in |
| November | 42.1°F | 27.1°F | 1.32 in | 42.3°F | 24.9°F | 1.39 in |
| December | 28.6°F | 14.8°F | 0.65 in | 28.6°F | 12.9°F | 0.82 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 →