Climate twins of Olivet, MI

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

Top match: Oakfield, NY

Month Olivet Oakfield
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 29.8°F 15.1°F 2.26 in 31.0°F 15.8°F 2.47 in
February 32.9°F 16.2°F 1.69 in 33.1°F 16.6°F 1.90 in
March 43.3°F 24.0°F 2.27 in 42.4°F 24.3°F 2.43 in
April 56.7°F 34.6°F 3.43 in 55.7°F 34.9°F 3.17 in
May 68.4°F 46.3°F 4.03 in 67.9°F 46.7°F 3.23 in
June 77.5°F 56.1°F 3.82 in 76.4°F 56.1°F 3.69 in
July 81.5°F 59.8°F 3.02 in 80.0°F 60.7°F 3.53 in
August 79.3°F 58.1°F 3.56 in 78.5°F 59.3°F 3.25 in
September 72.9°F 50.3°F 3.20 in 72.4°F 52.4°F 3.62 in
October 60.2°F 39.7°F 3.55 in 60.0°F 41.8°F 3.60 in
November 46.3°F 30.0°F 2.74 in 47.6°F 31.8°F 2.92 in
December 35.1°F 21.8°F 2.20 in 36.2°F 22.3°F 2.76 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 →