Climate twins of Utica, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Utica'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: Utica vs its climate twin
Top match: Shortsville, NY
| Month | Utica | Shortsville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 31.6°F | 17.9°F | 2.22 in | 33.0°F | 17.8°F | 1.92 in |
| February | 34.2°F | 18.5°F | 1.75 in | 34.6°F | 18.4°F | 1.77 in |
| March | 43.5°F | 25.9°F | 2.45 in | 42.2°F | 24.9°F | 2.65 in |
| April | 56.3°F | 35.9°F | 3.36 in | 55.2°F | 35.3°F | 3.21 in |
| May | 68.1°F | 46.7°F | 3.59 in | 68.2°F | 46.8°F | 3.13 in |
| June | 78.1°F | 57.0°F | 3.31 in | 76.9°F | 56.9°F | 3.58 in |
| July | 82.2°F | 61.9°F | 3.82 in | 81.4°F | 62.0°F | 4.06 in |
| August | 79.9°F | 60.7°F | 3.68 in | 80.2°F | 60.6°F | 3.31 in |
| September | 73.0°F | 53.1°F | 3.17 in | 73.5°F | 53.8°F | 3.12 in |
| October | 60.5°F | 42.5°F | 2.82 in | 60.8°F | 43.0°F | 3.46 in |
| November | 47.5°F | 32.4°F | 2.60 in | 48.7°F | 33.4°F | 2.59 in |
| December | 36.5°F | 24.1°F | 2.19 in | 38.1°F | 24.6°F | 2.39 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 →