Climate twins of Clinton, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Clinton'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: Clinton vs its climate twin
Top match: Smithville, OH
| Month | Clinton | Smithville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.5°F | 15.0°F | 2.38 in | 33.9°F | 18.0°F | 2.43 in |
| February | 36.4°F | 16.2°F | 2.10 in | 36.8°F | 19.9°F | 1.86 in |
| March | 46.4°F | 24.3°F | 2.41 in | 46.6°F | 27.8°F | 2.84 in |
| April | 59.5°F | 34.0°F | 3.35 in | 60.0°F | 37.6°F | 3.58 in |
| May | 71.1°F | 45.0°F | 3.67 in | 70.9°F | 48.1°F | 3.84 in |
| June | 80.9°F | 55.3°F | 3.85 in | 78.8°F | 57.4°F | 4.01 in |
| July | 85.7°F | 58.8°F | 3.55 in | 82.4°F | 60.5°F | 3.72 in |
| August | 82.7°F | 57.2°F | 3.30 in | 80.2°F | 58.0°F | 3.48 in |
| September | 76.2°F | 49.9°F | 3.26 in | 74.4°F | 50.4°F | 3.23 in |
| October | 63.2°F | 38.9°F | 3.03 in | 63.0°F | 40.5°F | 2.92 in |
| November | 48.7°F | 28.8°F | 2.85 in | 49.3°F | 31.7°F | 2.55 in |
| December | 37.9°F | 21.3°F | 2.27 in | 38.4°F | 24.3°F | 2.40 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 →