Climate twins of Saline, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Saline'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: Saline vs its climate twin
Top match: Scottsville, NY
| Month | Saline | Scottsville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.6°F | 14.5°F | 2.35 in | 32.4°F | 16.4°F | 2.00 in |
| February | 35.7°F | 16.0°F | 2.01 in | 34.2°F | 16.7°F | 1.65 in |
| March | 45.8°F | 23.0°F | 2.41 in | 42.5°F | 23.7°F | 2.48 in |
| April | 58.9°F | 34.4°F | 3.20 in | 55.8°F | 34.1°F | 2.81 in |
| May | 71.0°F | 45.4°F | 3.71 in | 69.0°F | 45.6°F | 3.01 in |
| June | 80.8°F | 55.2°F | 3.50 in | 77.4°F | 55.6°F | 3.47 in |
| July | 84.6°F | 58.6°F | 3.39 in | 81.5°F | 59.9°F | 3.68 in |
| August | 82.5°F | 56.7°F | 3.30 in | 79.9°F | 57.9°F | 3.43 in |
| September | 75.2°F | 49.1°F | 2.98 in | 73.4°F | 50.7°F | 3.15 in |
| October | 62.7°F | 38.0°F | 2.77 in | 60.9°F | 40.6°F | 3.23 in |
| November | 48.7°F | 28.2°F | 2.61 in | 48.4°F | 31.5°F | 2.45 in |
| December | 37.3°F | 21.1°F | 2.09 in | 37.6°F | 23.3°F | 2.23 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 →