Climate twins of Benzonia, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Benzonia'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: Benzonia vs its climate twin
Top match: Phelps, NY
| Month | Benzonia | Phelps | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 28.6°F | 18.5°F | 2.19 in | 30.4°F | 15.8°F | 1.79 in |
| February | 30.6°F | 19.1°F | 1.72 in | 32.2°F | 16.7°F | 1.58 in |
| March | 39.5°F | 25.4°F | 1.98 in | 40.0°F | 23.9°F | 2.40 in |
| April | 51.8°F | 34.6°F | 3.06 in | 53.7°F | 34.8°F | 2.76 in |
| May | 63.9°F | 44.9°F | 3.08 in | 66.6°F | 46.4°F | 3.27 in |
| June | 73.4°F | 54.6°F | 3.18 in | 75.1°F | 56.0°F | 3.63 in |
| July | 77.4°F | 60.4°F | 3.04 in | 79.4°F | 60.6°F | 3.73 in |
| August | 76.1°F | 60.5°F | 3.18 in | 77.8°F | 59.0°F | 3.49 in |
| September | 69.0°F | 53.9°F | 3.75 in | 71.2°F | 51.5°F | 3.26 in |
| October | 56.2°F | 42.9°F | 3.99 in | 58.5°F | 41.3°F | 3.83 in |
| November | 43.9°F | 32.9°F | 2.94 in | 46.4°F | 31.5°F | 2.55 in |
| December | 33.6°F | 24.1°F | 2.23 in | 35.9°F | 22.9°F | 2.32 in |
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 →