Climate twins of Caledonia, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Caledonia'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: Caledonia vs its climate twin
Top match: Creston, OH
| Month | Caledonia | Creston | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 30.3°F | 16.6°F | 2.51 in | 32.2°F | 16.8°F | 2.88 in |
| February | 33.3°F | 17.9°F | 2.12 in | 34.9°F | 17.9°F | 2.23 in |
| March | 43.7°F | 25.4°F | 2.45 in | 44.8°F | 25.9°F | 3.08 in |
| April | 57.4°F | 35.8°F | 3.94 in | 58.2°F | 36.7°F | 3.71 in |
| May | 70.0°F | 47.5°F | 3.97 in | 69.0°F | 47.0°F | 4.04 in |
| June | 78.2°F | 57.3°F | 3.92 in | 77.6°F | 56.7°F | 4.26 in |
| July | 81.9°F | 61.8°F | 3.76 in | 81.6°F | 60.1°F | 4.14 in |
| August | 79.8°F | 60.1°F | 3.56 in | 80.3°F | 58.8°F | 3.58 in |
| September | 73.0°F | 51.9°F | 3.42 in | 74.0°F | 52.0°F | 3.38 in |
| October | 60.0°F | 40.8°F | 3.93 in | 61.4°F | 41.0°F | 3.37 in |
| November | 46.7°F | 31.7°F | 3.13 in | 48.3°F | 31.4°F | 2.95 in |
| December | 35.3°F | 23.6°F | 2.52 in | 37.0°F | 22.7°F | 2.93 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 →