Climate twins of Melvin, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Melvin'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: Melvin vs its climate twin
Top match: Onaway, MI
| Month | Melvin | Onaway | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 28.9°F | 12.7°F | 1.86 in | 26.9°F | 11.8°F | 2.03 in |
| February | 32.4°F | 12.1°F | 1.62 in | 29.9°F | 11.2°F | 1.51 in |
| March | 41.5°F | 21.2°F | 1.86 in | 40.5°F | 18.8°F | 1.78 in |
| April | 54.8°F | 30.9°F | 3.04 in | 53.3°F | 29.7°F | 2.96 in |
| May | 65.8°F | 41.7°F | 3.31 in | 67.2°F | 41.2°F | 3.07 in |
| June | 77.6°F | 51.9°F | 3.29 in | 76.5°F | 50.6°F | 2.88 in |
| July | 81.5°F | 56.3°F | 3.06 in | 80.4°F | 55.7°F | 3.11 in |
| August | 79.7°F | 54.2°F | 2.97 in | 78.7°F | 54.9°F | 3.24 in |
| September | 73.4°F | 47.2°F | 3.08 in | 71.2°F | 48.2°F | 3.31 in |
| October | 59.9°F | 37.4°F | 2.81 in | 57.2°F | 38.4°F | 3.54 in |
| November | 46.0°F | 27.7°F | 2.40 in | 43.6°F | 29.0°F | 2.41 in |
| December | 35.0°F | 19.9°F | 2.03 in | 32.3°F | 19.4°F | 2.14 in |
Cities that consider Melvin their climate twin
These US cities have Melvin in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Melvin would feel familiar.
- Casco, WI (ranks Melvin #2)
- Kewaunee, WI (ranks Melvin #2)
- Luxemburg, WI (ranks Melvin #2)
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 →