Climate twins of Swartz Creek, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Swartz Creek'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: Swartz Creek vs its climate twin
Top match: Scottsville, NY
| Month | Swartz Creek | Scottsville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 29.9°F | 16.0°F | 1.99 in | 32.4°F | 16.4°F | 2.00 in |
| February | 32.8°F | 16.7°F | 1.68 in | 34.2°F | 16.7°F | 1.65 in |
| March | 43.3°F | 25.1°F | 1.97 in | 42.5°F | 23.7°F | 2.48 in |
| April | 56.7°F | 35.3°F | 3.13 in | 55.8°F | 34.1°F | 2.81 in |
| May | 68.9°F | 46.0°F | 3.68 in | 69.0°F | 45.6°F | 3.01 in |
| June | 78.2°F | 55.9°F | 3.12 in | 77.4°F | 55.6°F | 3.47 in |
| July | 82.1°F | 59.7°F | 3.41 in | 81.5°F | 59.9°F | 3.68 in |
| August | 79.9°F | 58.3°F | 3.16 in | 79.9°F | 57.9°F | 3.43 in |
| September | 73.1°F | 50.4°F | 2.90 in | 73.4°F | 50.7°F | 3.15 in |
| October | 60.1°F | 40.3°F | 2.77 in | 60.9°F | 40.6°F | 3.23 in |
| November | 46.6°F | 31.0°F | 2.27 in | 48.4°F | 31.5°F | 2.45 in |
| December | 34.9°F | 22.5°F | 1.89 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 →