Climate twins of Rothbury, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Rothbury'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: Rothbury vs its climate twin
Top match: Lexington, MI
| Month | Rothbury | Lexington | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 30.2°F | 18.6°F | 2.60 in | 29.9°F | 16.1°F | 2.58 in |
| February | 32.4°F | 18.8°F | 1.37 in | 32.0°F | 16.2°F | 2.00 in |
| March | 42.1°F | 25.0°F | 2.28 in | 40.1°F | 23.9°F | 2.05 in |
| April | 55.2°F | 34.2°F | 3.84 in | 51.6°F | 33.7°F | 3.37 in |
| May | 66.6°F | 43.6°F | 3.35 in | 63.0°F | 44.7°F | 3.93 in |
| June | 75.3°F | 53.4°F | 3.32 in | 72.9°F | 54.8°F | 3.70 in |
| July | 79.3°F | 58.0°F | 2.98 in | 78.3°F | 60.0°F | 3.20 in |
| August | 77.9°F | 57.2°F | 3.29 in | 77.6°F | 59.5°F | 3.10 in |
| September | 71.6°F | 50.7°F | 3.18 in | 71.9°F | 52.7°F | 3.30 in |
| October | 58.5°F | 41.4°F | 4.06 in | 59.1°F | 42.0°F | 3.33 in |
| November | 45.4°F | 32.3°F | 3.15 in | 46.5°F | 32.0°F | 2.51 in |
| December | 34.9°F | 24.5°F | 1.77 in | 35.2°F | 23.2°F | 2.28 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 →