Climate twins of McDonald, OH
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches McDonald'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: McDonald vs its climate twin
Top match: Ypsilanti, MI
| Month | McDonald | Ypsilanti | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 34.7°F | 16.8°F | 3.11 in | 31.7°F | 16.3°F | 2.84 in |
| February | 37.6°F | 17.2°F | 2.31 in | 34.8°F | 16.3°F | 2.42 in |
| March | 46.7°F | 24.8°F | 3.13 in | 45.1°F | 24.9°F | 2.76 in |
| April | 60.3°F | 35.0°F | 3.76 in | 58.2°F | 34.2°F | 3.34 in |
| May | 71.3°F | 45.3°F | 3.76 in | 70.4°F | 45.5°F | 3.79 in |
| June | 79.1°F | 54.3°F | 4.10 in | 79.7°F | 55.5°F | 4.25 in |
| July | 82.9°F | 58.5°F | 4.64 in | 84.0°F | 59.0°F | 3.85 in |
| August | 81.6°F | 56.7°F | 3.49 in | 81.5°F | 57.9°F | 3.34 in |
| September | 75.1°F | 50.0°F | 3.67 in | 75.1°F | 49.7°F | 2.98 in |
| October | 63.0°F | 39.5°F | 3.30 in | 62.0°F | 39.0°F | 2.93 in |
| November | 50.4°F | 30.6°F | 2.61 in | 48.0°F | 29.6°F | 2.73 in |
| December | 39.4°F | 23.2°F | 2.93 in | 36.2°F | 22.2°F | 2.64 in |
Cities that consider McDonald their climate twin
These US cities have McDonald in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, McDonald would feel familiar.
- Ann Arbor, MI (ranks McDonald #1)
- Ypsilanti, MI (ranks McDonald #1)
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 →