Climate twins of Rose City, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Rose City'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: Rose City vs its climate twin
Top match: Sturgeon Bay, WI
| Month | Rose City | Sturgeon Bay | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 27.0°F | 10.0°F | 1.83 in | 25.2°F | 10.4°F | 1.71 in |
| February | 30.9°F | 8.9°F | 1.58 in | 28.1°F | 11.9°F | 1.34 in |
| March | 41.0°F | 17.2°F | 1.94 in | 37.9°F | 21.3°F | 1.90 in |
| April | 54.4°F | 29.0°F | 3.11 in | 50.1°F | 32.0°F | 3.07 in |
| May | 67.5°F | 40.2°F | 3.49 in | 62.4°F | 42.5°F | 3.32 in |
| June | 76.9°F | 49.5°F | 3.80 in | 72.6°F | 52.9°F | 4.12 in |
| July | 81.0°F | 53.8°F | 3.52 in | 78.0°F | 58.8°F | 3.57 in |
| August | 79.1°F | 52.3°F | 3.33 in | 76.8°F | 58.2°F | 3.32 in |
| September | 72.1°F | 44.6°F | 2.90 in | 69.1°F | 50.7°F | 3.10 in |
| October | 57.7°F | 35.0°F | 3.28 in | 55.9°F | 39.4°F | 3.24 in |
| November | 43.8°F | 26.4°F | 2.49 in | 42.4°F | 28.9°F | 2.20 in |
| December | 32.5°F | 17.7°F | 2.14 in | 31.1°F | 18.5°F | 1.97 in |
Cities that consider Rose City their climate twin
These US cities have Rose City in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Rose City would feel familiar.
- Sturgeon Bay, WI (ranks Rose City #1)
- Peshtigo, WI (ranks Rose City #1)
- Casco, WI (ranks Rose City #1)
- Kewaunee, WI (ranks Rose City #1)
- Luxemburg, WI (ranks Rose City #1)
- Oconto, WI (ranks Rose City #3)
- Coleman, WI (ranks Rose City #3)
- Lena, WI (ranks Rose City #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 →