Climate twins of Algoma, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Algoma'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: Algoma vs its climate twin
Top match: Rogers City, MI
| Month | Algoma | Rogers City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 25.9°F | 10.7°F | 1.45 in | 27.9°F | 14.2°F | 2.17 in |
| February | 28.8°F | 13.0°F | 1.01 in | 29.9°F | 13.2°F | 1.53 in |
| March | 37.9°F | 21.9°F | 1.63 in | 38.3°F | 19.8°F | 1.65 in |
| April | 49.2°F | 32.8°F | 2.77 in | 50.4°F | 30.4°F | 2.61 in |
| May | 61.3°F | 42.8°F | 3.15 in | 64.4°F | 41.1°F | 2.89 in |
| June | 71.2°F | 52.9°F | 3.31 in | 74.5°F | 51.9°F | 3.44 in |
| July | 77.0°F | 58.9°F | 3.22 in | 79.7°F | 57.9°F | 3.07 in |
| August | 76.3°F | 58.5°F | 3.79 in | 78.6°F | 57.1°F | 3.41 in |
| September | 68.8°F | 51.1°F | 3.05 in | 71.0°F | 49.7°F | 3.05 in |
| October | 56.4°F | 40.3°F | 2.97 in | 56.8°F | 39.4°F | 3.27 in |
| November | 43.2°F | 28.8°F | 2.10 in | 44.1°F | 30.1°F | 2.33 in |
| December | 32.1°F | 18.6°F | 1.62 in | 33.5°F | 21.0°F | 2.31 in |
Cities that consider Algoma their climate twin
These US cities have Algoma in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Algoma would feel familiar.
- Alpena, MI (ranks Algoma #2)
- Harrisville, MI (ranks Algoma #3)
- Lincoln, MI (ranks Algoma #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 →