Climate twins of Williams, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Williams'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: Williams vs its climate twin
Top match: Cook, MN
| Month | Williams | Cook | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 14.2°F | -6.5°F | 0.79 in | 15.3°F | -4.9°F | 1.10 in |
| February | 20.1°F | -3.2°F | 0.69 in | 21.2°F | -2.2°F | 0.72 in |
| March | 34.0°F | 11.1°F | 0.88 in | 34.6°F | 11.1°F | 1.06 in |
| April | 49.1°F | 25.8°F | 1.46 in | 48.1°F | 26.3°F | 1.78 in |
| May | 63.2°F | 38.9°F | 2.93 in | 62.7°F | 40.4°F | 2.73 in |
| June | 72.5°F | 50.2°F | 3.99 in | 72.4°F | 50.9°F | 3.99 in |
| July | 77.6°F | 53.5°F | 3.52 in | 77.1°F | 55.6°F | 4.50 in |
| August | 75.9°F | 51.5°F | 3.45 in | 75.3°F | 53.8°F | 3.47 in |
| September | 66.0°F | 44.0°F | 3.06 in | 65.2°F | 45.7°F | 3.25 in |
| October | 50.3°F | 31.0°F | 2.31 in | 50.1°F | 33.9°F | 2.46 in |
| November | 33.3°F | 16.2°F | 1.14 in | 33.9°F | 20.4°F | 1.56 in |
| December | 19.8°F | 1.7°F | 0.86 in | 20.7°F | 4.5°F | 1.04 in |
Cities that consider Williams their climate twin
These US cities have Williams in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Williams would feel familiar.
- Cook, MN (ranks Williams #1)
- Buhl, MN (ranks Williams #1)
- Chisholm, MN (ranks Williams #1)
- Hibbing, MN (ranks Williams #1)
- Tower, MN (ranks Williams #3)
- Orr, MN (ranks Williams #1)
- Biwabik, MN (ranks Williams #3)
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 →