Climate twins of Lake Station, IN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lake Station'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: Lake Station vs its climate twin
Top match: Milan, OH
| Month | Lake Station | Milan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.1°F | 17.8°F | 2.21 in | 33.4°F | 19.0°F | 2.68 in |
| February | 35.5°F | 21.1°F | 1.97 in | 36.2°F | 20.4°F | 2.31 in |
| March | 45.6°F | 29.8°F | 2.34 in | 45.5°F | 27.9°F | 2.90 in |
| April | 57.2°F | 39.5°F | 3.55 in | 58.7°F | 38.1°F | 3.95 in |
| May | 68.4°F | 49.6°F | 4.27 in | 70.2°F | 49.9°F | 3.91 in |
| June | 77.5°F | 59.5°F | 4.31 in | 79.3°F | 59.8°F | 4.31 in |
| July | 81.6°F | 64.3°F | 3.98 in | 83.0°F | 63.6°F | 4.19 in |
| August | 80.0°F | 63.1°F | 4.08 in | 81.3°F | 61.6°F | 3.54 in |
| September | 74.3°F | 56.3°F | 3.65 in | 75.5°F | 54.5°F | 3.55 in |
| October | 62.3°F | 44.7°F | 3.75 in | 63.3°F | 43.3°F | 3.34 in |
| November | 48.7°F | 34.2°F | 2.76 in | 49.7°F | 33.7°F | 2.83 in |
| December | 37.4°F | 24.1°F | 2.29 in | 38.5°F | 25.1°F | 2.57 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 →