Climate twins of Fruitport, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Fruitport'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: Fruitport vs its climate twin
Top match: Oakfield, NY
| Month | Fruitport | Oakfield | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 31.7°F | 19.3°F | 2.84 in | 31.0°F | 15.8°F | 2.47 in |
| February | 33.2°F | 19.5°F | 2.00 in | 33.1°F | 16.6°F | 1.90 in |
| March | 42.4°F | 25.5°F | 2.27 in | 42.4°F | 24.3°F | 2.43 in |
| April | 54.7°F | 35.8°F | 3.71 in | 55.7°F | 34.9°F | 3.17 in |
| May | 67.1°F | 46.9°F | 3.81 in | 67.9°F | 46.7°F | 3.23 in |
| June | 76.4°F | 56.9°F | 3.54 in | 76.4°F | 56.1°F | 3.69 in |
| July | 80.0°F | 61.9°F | 3.62 in | 80.0°F | 60.7°F | 3.53 in |
| August | 78.9°F | 59.8°F | 3.13 in | 78.5°F | 59.3°F | 3.25 in |
| September | 72.9°F | 52.5°F | 3.45 in | 72.4°F | 52.4°F | 3.62 in |
| October | 60.0°F | 42.5°F | 3.75 in | 60.0°F | 41.8°F | 3.60 in |
| November | 46.7°F | 32.8°F | 3.08 in | 47.6°F | 31.8°F | 2.92 in |
| December | 36.5°F | 25.2°F | 2.44 in | 36.2°F | 22.3°F | 2.76 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 →