Climate twins of Kingsley, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Kingsley'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: Kingsley vs its climate twin
Top match: Alpena, MI
| Month | Kingsley | Alpena | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 25.3°F | 10.0°F | 2.31 in | 27.1°F | 13.4°F | 2.19 in |
| February | 28.3°F | 10.7°F | 1.65 in | 28.6°F | 12.7°F | 1.70 in |
| March | 37.8°F | 16.4°F | 1.93 in | 36.8°F | 20.8°F | 1.81 in |
| April | 51.2°F | 28.7°F | 3.30 in | 48.4°F | 32.1°F | 3.11 in |
| May | 65.2°F | 40.3°F | 3.38 in | 60.8°F | 43.1°F | 3.17 in |
| June | 75.2°F | 50.7°F | 3.20 in | 71.0°F | 53.7°F | 2.72 in |
| July | 79.0°F | 54.8°F | 3.48 in | 77.1°F | 59.4°F | 3.29 in |
| August | 77.3°F | 53.4°F | 3.51 in | 76.2°F | 58.1°F | 3.45 in |
| September | 70.5°F | 46.9°F | 3.34 in | 68.9°F | 50.7°F | 2.94 in |
| October | 56.3°F | 36.2°F | 3.90 in | 55.9°F | 39.6°F | 3.24 in |
| November | 42.3°F | 26.6°F | 2.95 in | 43.0°F | 29.9°F | 2.27 in |
| December | 30.8°F | 17.7°F | 2.33 in | 32.8°F | 20.9°F | 2.05 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 →