Climate twins of L'Anse, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches L'Anse'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: L'Anse vs its climate twin
Top match: Marshfield, VT
| Month | L'Anse | Marshfield | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 19.1°F | 6.7°F | 2.21 in | 25.3°F | 2.6°F | 2.73 in |
| February | 23.3°F | 6.7°F | 1.82 in | 28.8°F | 3.6°F | 2.43 in |
| March | 34.2°F | 14.0°F | 2.28 in | 38.2°F | 14.3°F | 2.61 in |
| April | 46.7°F | 26.4°F | 2.87 in | 51.7°F | 27.2°F | 3.17 in |
| May | 62.1°F | 39.4°F | 3.40 in | 66.0°F | 38.6°F | 3.58 in |
| June | 70.8°F | 49.2°F | 3.50 in | 75.0°F | 47.9°F | 4.57 in |
| July | 74.8°F | 53.5°F | 4.58 in | 80.0°F | 53.0°F | 4.67 in |
| August | 72.8°F | 52.0°F | 3.29 in | 78.3°F | 50.9°F | 3.38 in |
| September | 64.5°F | 45.8°F | 4.19 in | 70.5°F | 42.8°F | 3.45 in |
| October | 50.4°F | 35.0°F | 4.39 in | 55.7°F | 32.2°F | 4.28 in |
| November | 35.6°F | 23.0°F | 3.00 in | 41.9°F | 23.2°F | 2.82 in |
| December | 24.2°F | 13.0°F | 2.73 in | 30.6°F | 12.0°F | 3.27 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 →