Climate twins of Clio, MI

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

Top match: Scottsville, NY

Month Clio Scottsville
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 30.4°F 16.0°F 2.15 in 32.4°F 16.4°F 2.00 in
February 32.7°F 16.4°F 1.67 in 34.2°F 16.7°F 1.65 in
March 42.9°F 23.8°F 1.87 in 42.5°F 23.7°F 2.48 in
April 56.4°F 34.6°F 3.41 in 55.8°F 34.1°F 2.81 in
May 68.2°F 46.1°F 3.68 in 69.0°F 45.6°F 3.01 in
June 77.8°F 56.4°F 3.06 in 77.4°F 55.6°F 3.47 in
July 81.9°F 60.2°F 3.35 in 81.5°F 59.9°F 3.68 in
August 79.1°F 59.2°F 3.34 in 79.9°F 57.9°F 3.43 in
September 72.7°F 50.7°F 2.88 in 73.4°F 50.7°F 3.15 in
October 59.8°F 39.8°F 2.97 in 60.9°F 40.6°F 3.23 in
November 46.8°F 30.3°F 2.37 in 48.4°F 31.5°F 2.45 in
December 35.2°F 22.0°F 2.13 in 37.6°F 23.3°F 2.23 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 →