Climate twins of Jackson, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Jackson'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: Jackson vs its climate twin
Top match: Fairgrove, MI
| Month | Jackson | Fairgrove | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 27.9°F | 12.6°F | 1.36 in | 29.4°F | 14.6°F | 2.18 in |
| February | 31.6°F | 15.2°F | 1.60 in | 31.5°F | 14.8°F | 1.63 in |
| March | 42.0°F | 24.5°F | 1.78 in | 41.7°F | 23.1°F | 1.92 in |
| April | 54.4°F | 34.9°F | 3.54 in | 55.3°F | 33.5°F | 3.59 in |
| May | 67.0°F | 45.6°F | 3.35 in | 68.0°F | 44.8°F | 3.69 in |
| June | 77.2°F | 55.4°F | 4.00 in | 78.1°F | 54.6°F | 3.58 in |
| July | 81.9°F | 60.4°F | 3.99 in | 81.9°F | 59.6°F | 3.48 in |
| August | 79.8°F | 59.1°F | 3.31 in | 79.9°F | 57.4°F | 3.32 in |
| September | 73.0°F | 51.5°F | 2.95 in | 72.9°F | 50.1°F | 3.21 in |
| October | 60.5°F | 40.1°F | 2.79 in | 59.8°F | 39.6°F | 3.11 in |
| November | 45.6°F | 28.7°F | 1.99 in | 46.1°F | 30.5°F | 2.47 in |
| December | 33.5°F | 19.2°F | 1.93 in | 34.6°F | 22.1°F | 2.12 in |
Cities that consider Jackson their climate twin
These US cities have Jackson in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Jackson would feel familiar.
- Bad Axe, MI (ranks Jackson #3)
- Ubly, MI (ranks Jackson #3)
- Clio, MI (ranks Jackson #3)
- Flint, MI (ranks Jackson #3)
- Flushing, MI (ranks Jackson #3)
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 →