Climate twins of Kingsford, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Kingsford'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: Kingsford vs its climate twin
Top match: Hebron, ND
| Month | Kingsford | Hebron | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 23.5°F | 5.8°F | 0.47 in | 23.6°F | 3.2°F | 0.41 in |
| February | 27.4°F | 6.6°F | 0.51 in | 27.9°F | 6.6°F | 0.48 in |
| March | 38.3°F | 16.8°F | 0.87 in | 39.6°F | 16.9°F | 0.86 in |
| April | 52.1°F | 27.4°F | 1.59 in | 53.7°F | 27.6°F | 1.51 in |
| May | 66.3°F | 39.5°F | 2.20 in | 65.8°F | 39.9°F | 2.58 in |
| June | 75.9°F | 49.8°F | 2.99 in | 74.9°F | 50.2°F | 3.30 in |
| July | 80.1°F | 54.4°F | 2.74 in | 82.3°F | 55.2°F | 2.86 in |
| August | 77.7°F | 52.9°F | 2.44 in | 82.1°F | 52.6°F | 2.00 in |
| September | 69.5°F | 45.2°F | 2.94 in | 71.5°F | 42.9°F | 1.89 in |
| October | 55.1°F | 34.3°F | 2.20 in | 55.6°F | 30.0°F | 1.48 in |
| November | 40.1°F | 23.7°F | 1.15 in | 39.8°F | 18.3°F | 0.62 in |
| December | 28.5°F | 12.7°F | 0.65 in | 28.3°F | 8.3°F | 0.43 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 →