Climate twins of Hillman, MI

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

Top match: Peshtigo, WI

Month Hillman Peshtigo
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 26.4°F 9.8°F 1.88 in 25.5°F 9.2°F 1.57 in
February 29.3°F 9.3°F 1.53 in 29.1°F 10.0°F 1.17 in
March 39.6°F 16.3°F 1.83 in 38.8°F 19.2°F 1.85 in
April 52.7°F 28.7°F 3.04 in 51.5°F 30.2°F 3.02 in
May 66.7°F 39.7°F 3.01 in 65.1°F 42.9°F 3.66 in
June 76.2°F 50.0°F 3.22 in 75.2°F 52.6°F 3.84 in
July 80.3°F 54.9°F 3.33 in 80.1°F 56.9°F 3.64 in
August 78.8°F 52.9°F 3.23 in 78.2°F 55.1°F 3.52 in
September 70.8°F 45.2°F 3.28 in 70.5°F 48.1°F 3.46 in
October 56.6°F 36.1°F 3.45 in 57.1°F 36.8°F 3.39 in
November 43.0°F 27.5°F 2.24 in 43.0°F 26.9°F 2.33 in
December 32.2°F 19.2°F 1.92 in 30.9°F 16.3°F 1.92 in

Cities that consider Hillman their climate twin

These US cities have Hillman in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Hillman would feel familiar.

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 →