Climate twins of Britton, MI

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Britton'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: Britton vs its climate twin

Top match: Hilton, NY

Month Britton Hilton
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 32.5°F 15.0°F 2.38 in 32.9°F 18.0°F 2.43 in
February 36.4°F 16.2°F 2.10 in 34.7°F 17.2°F 1.95 in
March 46.4°F 24.3°F 2.41 in 42.2°F 25.6°F 2.62 in
April 59.5°F 34.0°F 3.35 in 55.5°F 35.7°F 2.97 in
May 71.1°F 45.0°F 3.67 in 67.4°F 48.0°F 3.13 in
June 80.9°F 55.3°F 3.85 in 75.4°F 57.7°F 3.33 in
July 85.7°F 58.8°F 3.55 in 79.8°F 62.2°F 3.54 in
August 82.7°F 57.2°F 3.30 in 79.2°F 61.4°F 3.42 in
September 76.2°F 49.9°F 3.26 in 72.8°F 53.5°F 3.11 in
October 63.2°F 38.9°F 3.03 in 60.0°F 42.8°F 3.38 in
November 48.7°F 28.8°F 2.85 in 48.0°F 33.0°F 2.81 in
December 37.9°F 21.3°F 2.27 in 37.8°F 24.8°F 2.82 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 →