Climate twins of Madison Heights, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Madison Heights'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: Madison Heights vs its climate twin
Top match: Buffalo Grove, IL
| Month | Madison Heights | Buffalo Grove | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.4°F | 19.8°F | 1.45 in | 31.9°F | 18.4°F | 1.33 in |
| February | 35.0°F | 21.0°F | 1.41 in | 35.8°F | 21.2°F | 1.28 in |
| March | 44.9°F | 28.4°F | 2.02 in | 46.7°F | 30.2°F | 1.84 in |
| April | 57.6°F | 38.6°F | 2.82 in | 58.1°F | 39.3°F | 3.31 in |
| May | 69.5°F | 49.8°F | 3.49 in | 69.5°F | 49.7°F | 3.76 in |
| June | 79.2°F | 60.2°F | 3.10 in | 79.5°F | 60.1°F | 3.97 in |
| July | 83.5°F | 64.9°F | 3.22 in | 84.0°F | 65.8°F | 3.15 in |
| August | 81.4°F | 63.7°F | 3.10 in | 82.0°F | 64.7°F | 3.70 in |
| September | 74.3°F | 55.8°F | 3.09 in | 75.3°F | 56.3°F | 3.04 in |
| October | 61.4°F | 44.7°F | 2.30 in | 62.5°F | 44.5°F | 3.11 in |
| November | 48.2°F | 34.4°F | 2.16 in | 48.5°F | 33.4°F | 2.15 in |
| December | 37.2°F | 25.8°F | 1.73 in | 36.9°F | 24.0°F | 1.64 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 →