Climate twins of Bloomingdale, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Bloomingdale'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: Bloomingdale vs its climate twin
Top match: Fayetteville, NY
| Month | Bloomingdale | Fayetteville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.0°F | 17.2°F | 3.17 in | 31.7°F | 16.5°F | 2.58 in |
| February | 34.7°F | 18.1°F | 2.33 in | 33.6°F | 17.5°F | 2.46 in |
| March | 45.1°F | 25.3°F | 2.53 in | 42.4°F | 25.2°F | 3.04 in |
| April | 57.8°F | 34.6°F | 3.64 in | 56.4°F | 36.2°F | 3.48 in |
| May | 69.6°F | 46.2°F | 4.09 in | 69.2°F | 47.3°F | 3.42 in |
| June | 79.2°F | 56.5°F | 3.83 in | 77.3°F | 56.7°F | 3.56 in |
| July | 82.9°F | 60.1°F | 3.65 in | 81.7°F | 62.0°F | 3.86 in |
| August | 81.3°F | 58.5°F | 3.86 in | 80.3°F | 60.4°F | 3.70 in |
| September | 74.6°F | 50.8°F | 3.40 in | 73.1°F | 52.7°F | 3.38 in |
| October | 61.7°F | 40.2°F | 4.40 in | 60.1°F | 42.4°F | 3.89 in |
| November | 48.1°F | 30.8°F | 3.21 in | 48.3°F | 32.7°F | 3.23 in |
| December | 37.1°F | 23.4°F | 3.03 in | 37.1°F | 23.7°F | 3.28 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 →