Climate twins of Suttons Bay, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Suttons Bay'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: Suttons Bay vs its climate twin
Top match: Port Austin, MI
| Month | Suttons Bay | Port Austin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 27.4°F | 18.5°F | 1.82 in | 29.0°F | 16.8°F | 1.82 in |
| February | 29.0°F | 18.6°F | 1.38 in | 30.2°F | 15.2°F | 1.63 in |
| March | 38.4°F | 24.5°F | 1.58 in | 38.2°F | 23.0°F | 1.85 in |
| April | 51.0°F | 34.4°F | 2.84 in | 50.8°F | 32.9°F | 3.33 in |
| May | 64.5°F | 45.4°F | 2.88 in | 63.5°F | 44.3°F | 3.09 in |
| June | 74.5°F | 55.7°F | 2.68 in | 73.0°F | 54.4°F | 3.41 in |
| July | 78.6°F | 61.1°F | 2.66 in | 78.1°F | 59.8°F | 3.29 in |
| August | 77.3°F | 60.4°F | 3.20 in | 76.7°F | 58.7°F | 3.43 in |
| September | 70.1°F | 53.7°F | 3.50 in | 70.5°F | 51.5°F | 3.11 in |
| October | 56.5°F | 43.2°F | 3.89 in | 58.1°F | 42.2°F | 3.02 in |
| November | 43.7°F | 33.4°F | 2.68 in | 45.3°F | 32.3°F | 2.39 in |
| December | 33.0°F | 24.9°F | 2.05 in | 34.7°F | 23.3°F | 2.07 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 →