Climate twins of Schoolcraft, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Schoolcraft'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: Schoolcraft vs its climate twin
Top match: South Amherst, OH
| Month | Schoolcraft | South Amherst | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 31.5°F | 18.1°F | 1.70 in | 33.6°F | 19.8°F | 2.11 in |
| February | 34.7°F | 19.5°F | 1.34 in | 36.3°F | 21.2°F | 1.66 in |
| March | 45.9°F | 27.3°F | 2.01 in | 45.3°F | 28.8°F | 2.48 in |
| April | 59.3°F | 37.7°F | 3.07 in | 58.8°F | 38.5°F | 3.28 in |
| May | 70.3°F | 48.7°F | 3.70 in | 70.0°F | 49.2°F | 3.64 in |
| June | 79.5°F | 58.1°F | 3.20 in | 79.0°F | 58.8°F | 3.87 in |
| July | 83.1°F | 62.0°F | 3.36 in | 82.3°F | 62.2°F | 3.56 in |
| August | 81.1°F | 60.4°F | 3.66 in | 79.9°F | 60.2°F | 3.63 in |
| September | 74.1°F | 52.5°F | 3.27 in | 74.6°F | 53.0°F | 3.74 in |
| October | 61.3°F | 41.9°F | 3.74 in | 62.6°F | 43.2°F | 3.50 in |
| November | 47.6°F | 32.5°F | 2.50 in | 49.3°F | 34.0°F | 2.96 in |
| December | 36.5°F | 24.2°F | 1.68 in | 38.5°F | 26.0°F | 2.29 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 →