Climate twins of Cement City, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cement 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: Cement City vs its climate twin
Top match: Burlington, WI
| Month | Cement City | Burlington | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 31.7°F | 13.3°F | 2.38 in | 27.7°F | 11.5°F | 1.82 in |
| February | 35.3°F | 13.7°F | 1.95 in | 31.4°F | 14.0°F | 1.76 in |
| March | 45.1°F | 23.6°F | 2.43 in | 42.7°F | 23.4°F | 2.08 in |
| April | 58.4°F | 33.1°F | 3.18 in | 55.7°F | 33.7°F | 3.59 in |
| May | 69.9°F | 44.9°F | 4.02 in | 67.1°F | 44.4°F | 3.96 in |
| June | 79.5°F | 54.4°F | 3.82 in | 76.9°F | 54.7°F | 4.51 in |
| July | 83.5°F | 57.9°F | 3.35 in | 81.0°F | 59.3°F | 3.59 in |
| August | 81.6°F | 56.9°F | 3.29 in | 79.5°F | 57.7°F | 3.55 in |
| September | 75.6°F | 49.5°F | 3.09 in | 72.9°F | 49.5°F | 3.46 in |
| October | 62.3°F | 37.7°F | 2.75 in | 60.0°F | 38.6°F | 2.75 in |
| November | 48.0°F | 27.6°F | 2.76 in | 45.2°F | 27.6°F | 2.38 in |
| December | 36.4°F | 19.8°F | 2.23 in | 32.9°F | 17.9°F | 1.88 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 →