Climate twins of Lansing, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lansing'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: Lansing vs its climate twin
Top match: Marine City, MI
| Month | Lansing | Marine City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 30.6°F | 17.2°F | 2.06 in | 33.0°F | 16.3°F | 2.42 in |
| February | 33.5°F | 18.3°F | 1.71 in | 35.3°F | 15.9°F | 2.06 in |
| March | 44.4°F | 26.0°F | 2.13 in | 44.5°F | 23.8°F | 2.16 in |
| April | 57.6°F | 36.4°F | 3.26 in | 58.0°F | 33.8°F | 3.24 in |
| May | 69.4°F | 47.5°F | 3.66 in | 69.8°F | 45.3°F | 3.61 in |
| June | 78.9°F | 57.1°F | 3.76 in | 80.1°F | 53.7°F | 3.36 in |
| July | 82.8°F | 60.9°F | 2.94 in | 85.0°F | 60.1°F | 3.40 in |
| August | 80.6°F | 59.5°F | 3.48 in | 82.8°F | 58.5°F | 3.24 in |
| September | 73.6°F | 51.5°F | 2.81 in | 76.0°F | 51.4°F | 3.30 in |
| October | 60.5°F | 41.2°F | 3.16 in | 63.4°F | 41.2°F | 2.84 in |
| November | 47.0°F | 31.9°F | 2.46 in | 48.6°F | 30.8°F | 2.74 in |
| December | 35.7°F | 23.3°F | 1.90 in | 37.9°F | 23.2°F | 2.25 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 →