Climate twins of Cheboygan, MI

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

Top match: Sister Bay, WI

Month Cheboygan Sister Bay
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 27.2°F 11.4°F 1.80 in 26.7°F 12.0°F 1.71 in
February 29.0°F 10.3°F 1.32 in 29.1°F 12.8°F 1.06 in
March 37.6°F 17.9°F 1.76 in 38.6°F 21.1°F 1.66 in
April 49.0°F 30.1°F 2.78 in 51.0°F 31.1°F 2.71 in
May 61.8°F 41.3°F 2.88 in 64.5°F 41.9°F 3.46 in
June 72.1°F 51.7°F 2.89 in 73.8°F 52.5°F 3.31 in
July 77.4°F 57.7°F 3.11 in 79.6°F 57.8°F 3.05 in
August 76.6°F 57.0°F 3.30 in 78.3°F 56.6°F 3.03 in
September 69.5°F 49.5°F 3.36 in 70.3°F 51.2°F 3.41 in
October 56.3°F 38.9°F 4.09 in 57.1°F 40.5°F 3.61 in
November 43.7°F 29.5°F 2.60 in 43.5°F 30.2°F 2.27 in
December 33.4°F 20.5°F 2.08 in 32.5°F 19.0°F 1.70 in

Cities that consider Cheboygan their climate twin

These US cities have Cheboygan in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Cheboygan would feel familiar.

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 →