Climate twins of Manistique, MI

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Manistique'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: Manistique vs its climate twin

Top match: De Tour Village, MI

Month Manistique De Tour Village
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 25.1°F 10.4°F 1.70 in 23.9°F 8.7°F 1.93 in
February 27.3°F 10.7°F 1.37 in 25.6°F 8.7°F 1.31 in
March 35.0°F 18.7°F 1.85 in 34.1°F 17.0°F 1.75 in
April 45.4°F 29.9°F 2.84 in 45.9°F 29.9°F 2.44 in
May 57.1°F 40.9°F 2.98 in 59.3°F 41.5°F 2.62 in
June 67.2°F 51.0°F 3.22 in 69.9°F 51.6°F 3.06 in
July 73.0°F 56.6°F 3.43 in 75.0°F 57.6°F 3.07 in
August 73.5°F 56.2°F 3.10 in 74.0°F 58.0°F 3.35 in
September 66.0°F 49.5°F 3.75 in 66.1°F 51.3°F 3.61 in
October 53.3°F 38.6°F 3.98 in 52.9°F 39.7°F 3.83 in
November 40.9°F 28.2°F 2.62 in 40.9°F 29.6°F 2.58 in
December 31.0°F 18.1°F 2.42 in 30.9°F 18.8°F 2.32 in

Cities that consider Manistique their climate twin

These US cities have Manistique in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Manistique would feel familiar.

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 →