Climate twins of Alpena, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Alpena'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: Alpena vs its climate twin
Top match: Forestville, WI
| Month | Alpena | Forestville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 27.1°F | 13.4°F | 2.19 in | 25.9°F | 10.7°F | 1.45 in |
| February | 28.6°F | 12.7°F | 1.70 in | 28.8°F | 13.0°F | 1.01 in |
| March | 36.8°F | 20.8°F | 1.81 in | 37.9°F | 21.9°F | 1.63 in |
| April | 48.4°F | 32.1°F | 3.11 in | 49.2°F | 32.8°F | 2.77 in |
| May | 60.8°F | 43.1°F | 3.17 in | 61.3°F | 42.8°F | 3.15 in |
| June | 71.0°F | 53.7°F | 2.72 in | 71.2°F | 52.9°F | 3.31 in |
| July | 77.1°F | 59.4°F | 3.29 in | 77.0°F | 58.9°F | 3.22 in |
| August | 76.2°F | 58.1°F | 3.45 in | 76.3°F | 58.5°F | 3.79 in |
| September | 68.9°F | 50.7°F | 2.94 in | 68.8°F | 51.1°F | 3.05 in |
| October | 55.9°F | 39.6°F | 3.24 in | 56.4°F | 40.3°F | 2.97 in |
| November | 43.0°F | 29.9°F | 2.27 in | 43.2°F | 28.8°F | 2.10 in |
| December | 32.8°F | 20.9°F | 2.05 in | 32.1°F | 18.6°F | 1.62 in |
Cities that consider Alpena their climate twin
These US cities have Alpena in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Alpena would feel familiar.
- Algoma, WI (ranks Alpena #2)
- Forestville, WI (ranks Alpena #2)
- Buckley, MI (ranks Alpena #1)
- Kingsley, MI (ranks Alpena #1)
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 →