Climate twins of Elsie, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Elsie'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: Elsie vs its climate twin
Top match: Sugar Grove, IL
| Month | Elsie | Sugar Grove | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 30.6°F | 17.7°F | 2.07 in | 30.5°F | 14.7°F | 1.30 in |
| February | 33.0°F | 18.6°F | 1.80 in | 34.9°F | 18.0°F | 1.41 in |
| March | 43.7°F | 26.1°F | 1.93 in | 47.5°F | 28.1°F | 2.21 in |
| April | 56.9°F | 36.4°F | 3.58 in | 60.4°F | 37.2°F | 3.60 in |
| May | 69.3°F | 48.2°F | 3.83 in | 71.9°F | 49.0°F | 4.06 in |
| June | 78.9°F | 58.7°F | 3.35 in | 81.4°F | 58.5°F | 3.98 in |
| July | 83.2°F | 62.3°F | 3.20 in | 84.4°F | 61.8°F | 3.71 in |
| August | 81.3°F | 60.7°F | 3.46 in | 82.2°F | 59.5°F | 3.35 in |
| September | 74.8°F | 53.1°F | 2.87 in | 76.2°F | 51.6°F | 3.01 in |
| October | 61.7°F | 42.6°F | 3.25 in | 63.3°F | 40.6°F | 3.23 in |
| November | 47.3°F | 32.8°F | 2.84 in | 48.1°F | 29.2°F | 2.30 in |
| December | 36.0°F | 24.1°F | 1.82 in | 35.8°F | 20.6°F | 1.68 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 →