Climate twins of Ontonagon, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Ontonagon'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: Ontonagon vs its climate twin
Top match: Onaway, MI
| Month | Ontonagon | Onaway | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 25.1°F | 8.8°F | 2.87 in | 26.9°F | 11.8°F | 2.03 in |
| February | 29.9°F | 8.6°F | 1.63 in | 29.9°F | 11.2°F | 1.51 in |
| March | 40.4°F | 17.7°F | 1.74 in | 40.5°F | 18.8°F | 1.78 in |
| April | 52.1°F | 30.0°F | 2.38 in | 53.3°F | 29.7°F | 2.96 in |
| May | 66.0°F | 41.1°F | 3.14 in | 67.2°F | 41.2°F | 3.07 in |
| June | 75.4°F | 50.0°F | 2.86 in | 76.5°F | 50.6°F | 2.88 in |
| July | 79.2°F | 55.3°F | 3.19 in | 80.4°F | 55.7°F | 3.11 in |
| August | 78.4°F | 53.9°F | 2.99 in | 78.7°F | 54.9°F | 3.24 in |
| September | 70.5°F | 48.4°F | 2.95 in | 71.2°F | 48.2°F | 3.31 in |
| October | 56.3°F | 37.7°F | 3.58 in | 57.2°F | 38.4°F | 3.54 in |
| November | 41.2°F | 26.8°F | 2.68 in | 43.6°F | 29.0°F | 2.41 in |
| December | 29.9°F | 16.3°F | 2.90 in | 32.3°F | 19.4°F | 2.14 in |
Cities that consider Ontonagon their climate twin
These US cities have Ontonagon in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Ontonagon would feel familiar.
- Fife Lake, MI (ranks Ontonagon #2)
- Kingsley, MI (ranks Ontonagon #3)
- Buckley, MI (ranks Ontonagon #3)
- Mancelona, MI (ranks Ontonagon #1)
- Kalkaska, MI (ranks Ontonagon #1)
- Wolverine, MI (ranks Ontonagon #3)
- Newberry, MI (ranks Ontonagon #3)
- St. Ignace, MI (ranks Ontonagon #3)
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 →