Climate twins of Pellston, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Pellston'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: Pellston vs its climate twin
Top match: Marquette, MI
| Month | Pellston | Marquette | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 26.7°F | 8.9°F | 1.61 in | 24.6°F | 12.4°F | 1.86 in |
| February | 28.7°F | 7.3°F | 1.14 in | 26.9°F | 12.5°F | 1.47 in |
| March | 38.5°F | 15.5°F | 1.74 in | 35.3°F | 21.0°F | 1.59 in |
| April | 51.7°F | 27.2°F | 2.44 in | 45.8°F | 31.0°F | 2.74 in |
| May | 66.1°F | 38.3°F | 2.79 in | 58.7°F | 40.8°F | 2.90 in |
| June | 75.8°F | 48.1°F | 2.57 in | 67.9°F | 50.1°F | 3.05 in |
| July | 79.3°F | 52.8°F | 2.67 in | 74.6°F | 57.7°F | 3.11 in |
| August | 77.9°F | 51.6°F | 2.85 in | 74.3°F | 58.1°F | 2.31 in |
| September | 70.2°F | 44.5°F | 3.38 in | 67.3°F | 51.6°F | 3.34 in |
| October | 56.6°F | 35.2°F | 4.22 in | 53.9°F | 40.0°F | 3.43 in |
| November | 43.5°F | 27.0°F | 2.71 in | 40.6°F | 28.5°F | 2.42 in |
| December | 32.6°F | 17.7°F | 1.89 in | 30.2°F | 18.6°F | 1.98 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 →