Climate twins of Kentwood, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Kentwood'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: Kentwood vs its climate twin
Top match: Rochester, OH
| Month | Kentwood | Rochester | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 31.0°F | 18.6°F | 2.52 in | 33.8°F | 18.0°F | 2.88 in |
| February | 33.7°F | 19.5°F | 2.12 in | 36.9°F | 19.5°F | 2.41 in |
| March | 44.5°F | 26.9°F | 2.39 in | 45.9°F | 28.1°F | 2.92 in |
| April | 57.8°F | 37.3°F | 3.99 in | 59.3°F | 37.9°F | 3.68 in |
| May | 69.8°F | 48.6°F | 4.00 in | 70.9°F | 48.7°F | 3.83 in |
| June | 79.4°F | 58.3°F | 3.94 in | 79.6°F | 58.1°F | 4.06 in |
| July | 83.1°F | 62.5°F | 3.86 in | 83.1°F | 62.2°F | 3.87 in |
| August | 80.9°F | 61.2°F | 3.55 in | 81.3°F | 59.9°F | 3.59 in |
| September | 73.9°F | 53.1°F | 3.43 in | 75.3°F | 52.4°F | 3.70 in |
| October | 60.7°F | 42.2°F | 4.02 in | 63.1°F | 41.9°F | 3.38 in |
| November | 47.2°F | 32.8°F | 3.10 in | 49.6°F | 32.6°F | 2.96 in |
| December | 36.1°F | 24.7°F | 2.48 in | 38.7°F | 24.4°F | 2.69 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 →