Climate twins of Durand, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Durand'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: Durand vs its climate twin
Top match: Yorkville, WI
| Month | Durand | Yorkville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 30.7°F | 15.2°F | 2.16 in | 28.1°F | 11.7°F | 1.76 in |
| February | 33.8°F | 14.7°F | 1.53 in | 31.9°F | 15.1°F | 1.48 in |
| March | 43.8°F | 23.5°F | 1.96 in | 43.1°F | 24.5°F | 2.10 in |
| April | 56.7°F | 34.4°F | 3.25 in | 54.8°F | 34.5°F | 3.51 in |
| May | 69.1°F | 46.5°F | 4.09 in | 66.4°F | 45.4°F | 4.13 in |
| June | 79.0°F | 56.7°F | 3.85 in | 76.3°F | 55.6°F | 4.50 in |
| July | 83.3°F | 60.6°F | 3.20 in | 80.9°F | 60.6°F | 3.54 in |
| August | 81.1°F | 58.4°F | 3.22 in | 78.9°F | 58.3°F | 3.82 in |
| September | 74.5°F | 49.7°F | 2.95 in | 72.4°F | 50.3°F | 3.39 in |
| October | 61.0°F | 39.1°F | 3.08 in | 59.8°F | 39.0°F | 2.94 in |
| November | 47.3°F | 29.5°F | 2.29 in | 45.4°F | 28.1°F | 2.38 in |
| December | 36.0°F | 21.1°F | 1.88 in | 33.5°F | 18.3°F | 1.73 in |
Cities that consider Durand their climate twin
These US cities have Durand in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Durand would feel familiar.
- Beach Park, IL (ranks Durand #2)
- Wadsworth, IL (ranks Durand #2)
- Winthrop Harbor, IL (ranks Durand #2)
- Zion, IL (ranks Durand #2)
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 →