Climate twins of Hastings, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hastings'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: Hastings vs its climate twin
Top match: Creston, OH
| Month | Hastings | Creston | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 30.5°F | 16.1°F | 2.62 in | 32.2°F | 16.8°F | 2.88 in |
| February | 33.8°F | 16.3°F | 2.13 in | 34.9°F | 17.9°F | 2.23 in |
| March | 44.2°F | 23.6°F | 2.47 in | 44.8°F | 25.9°F | 3.08 in |
| April | 56.9°F | 34.0°F | 3.83 in | 58.2°F | 36.7°F | 3.71 in |
| May | 68.9°F | 45.3°F | 4.40 in | 69.0°F | 47.0°F | 4.04 in |
| June | 78.1°F | 55.3°F | 4.19 in | 77.6°F | 56.7°F | 4.26 in |
| July | 82.1°F | 58.8°F | 3.43 in | 81.6°F | 60.1°F | 4.14 in |
| August | 80.2°F | 57.4°F | 3.84 in | 80.3°F | 58.8°F | 3.58 in |
| September | 73.8°F | 49.7°F | 3.30 in | 74.0°F | 52.0°F | 3.38 in |
| October | 60.8°F | 39.3°F | 3.99 in | 61.4°F | 41.0°F | 3.37 in |
| November | 46.7°F | 30.3°F | 2.92 in | 48.3°F | 31.4°F | 2.95 in |
| December | 35.4°F | 22.3°F | 2.47 in | 37.0°F | 22.7°F | 2.93 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 →