Climate twins of Akron, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Akron'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: Akron vs its climate twin
Top match: Glenbeulah, WI
| Month | Akron | Glenbeulah | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 29.4°F | 14.6°F | 2.18 in | 26.3°F | 11.6°F | 1.59 in |
| February | 31.5°F | 14.8°F | 1.63 in | 29.7°F | 13.7°F | 1.41 in |
| March | 41.7°F | 23.1°F | 1.92 in | 40.5°F | 23.6°F | 1.97 in |
| April | 55.3°F | 33.5°F | 3.59 in | 53.2°F | 34.2°F | 3.63 in |
| May | 68.0°F | 44.8°F | 3.69 in | 65.5°F | 45.4°F | 3.83 in |
| June | 78.1°F | 54.6°F | 3.58 in | 75.7°F | 55.1°F | 4.22 in |
| July | 81.9°F | 59.6°F | 3.48 in | 80.9°F | 60.3°F | 3.50 in |
| August | 79.9°F | 57.4°F | 3.32 in | 78.6°F | 58.8°F | 3.69 in |
| September | 72.9°F | 50.1°F | 3.21 in | 71.8°F | 50.5°F | 2.81 in |
| October | 59.8°F | 39.6°F | 3.11 in | 58.4°F | 39.3°F | 2.96 in |
| November | 46.1°F | 30.5°F | 2.47 in | 44.1°F | 28.5°F | 2.14 in |
| December | 34.6°F | 22.1°F | 2.12 in | 32.1°F | 18.3°F | 1.82 in |
Cities that consider Akron their climate twin
These US cities have Akron in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Akron would feel familiar.
- Burlington, WI (ranks Akron #3)
- Adell, WI (ranks Akron #3)
- Waldo, WI (ranks Akron #3)
- Jackson, WI (ranks Akron #3)
- Yorkville, WI (ranks Akron #3)
- Raymond, WI (ranks Akron #3)
- Union Grove, WI (ranks Akron #3)
- East Troy, WI (ranks Akron #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 →