Climate twins of Bay City, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Bay City'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: Bay City vs its climate twin
Top match: North Bay, WI
| Month | Bay City | North Bay | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 29.7°F | 15.7°F | 1.67 in | 30.5°F | 16.0°F | 1.25 in |
| February | 32.3°F | 16.6°F | 1.67 in | 33.6°F | 18.5°F | 1.10 in |
| March | 41.6°F | 24.0°F | 1.88 in | 43.3°F | 27.5°F | 2.07 in |
| April | 54.5°F | 34.8°F | 3.58 in | 53.9°F | 36.6°F | 3.70 in |
| May | 67.5°F | 48.2°F | 3.37 in | 65.6°F | 46.4°F | 3.49 in |
| June | 77.8°F | 58.3°F | 3.55 in | 76.0°F | 56.9°F | 3.99 in |
| July | 81.8°F | 62.0°F | 2.88 in | 81.4°F | 63.1°F | 2.88 in |
| August | 79.9°F | 59.7°F | 3.84 in | 79.5°F | 62.7°F | 3.35 in |
| September | 73.7°F | 51.6°F | 3.21 in | 72.8°F | 55.1°F | 3.23 in |
| October | 60.2°F | 40.7°F | 2.97 in | 60.7°F | 43.4°F | 2.93 in |
| November | 46.8°F | 30.9°F | 2.42 in | 47.3°F | 32.2°F | 2.18 in |
| December | 35.1°F | 22.9°F | 2.08 in | 35.5°F | 22.2°F | 1.60 in |
Cities that consider Bay City their climate twin
These US cities have Bay City in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Bay City would feel familiar.
- Caledonia, WI (ranks Bay City #2)
- Mount Pleasant, WI (ranks Bay City #2)
- North Bay, WI (ranks Bay City #2)
- Wind Point, WI (ranks Bay City #2)
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 →