Climate twins of Leslie, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Leslie'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: Leslie vs its climate twin
Top match: Winooski, VT
| Month | Leslie | Winooski | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 30.5°F | 15.6°F | 2.28 in | 28.9°F | 12.9°F | 2.13 in |
| February | 33.7°F | 16.3°F | 1.83 in | 31.5°F | 14.3°F | 1.77 in |
| March | 44.6°F | 24.7°F | 2.25 in | 40.9°F | 23.6°F | 2.24 in |
| April | 57.0°F | 35.5°F | 3.12 in | 55.3°F | 35.9°F | 3.07 in |
| May | 69.2°F | 47.0°F | 4.17 in | 69.0°F | 47.8°F | 3.76 in |
| June | 78.7°F | 57.5°F | 4.23 in | 77.6°F | 57.3°F | 4.26 in |
| July | 82.3°F | 60.7°F | 3.13 in | 82.4°F | 62.4°F | 4.06 in |
| August | 80.4°F | 58.7°F | 3.91 in | 80.7°F | 60.7°F | 3.54 in |
| September | 74.0°F | 50.6°F | 3.13 in | 72.6°F | 52.9°F | 3.67 in |
| October | 61.0°F | 39.9°F | 3.64 in | 58.9°F | 41.8°F | 3.83 in |
| November | 46.9°F | 30.3°F | 2.64 in | 46.4°F | 32.1°F | 2.70 in |
| December | 36.2°F | 22.6°F | 2.01 in | 35.0°F | 21.3°F | 2.50 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 →