Climate twins of Village of Clarkston, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Village of Clarkston'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: Village of Clarkston vs its climate twin
Top match: Newaygo, MI
| Month | Village of Clarkston | Newaygo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 28.8°F | 13.4°F | 2.59 in | 29.6°F | 15.7°F | 2.45 in |
| February | 31.6°F | 13.8°F | 1.81 in | 31.8°F | 16.2°F | 1.86 in |
| March | 41.9°F | 23.3°F | 2.26 in | 42.0°F | 23.3°F | 2.41 in |
| April | 55.1°F | 33.4°F | 3.25 in | 54.8°F | 33.4°F | 3.76 in |
| May | 66.7°F | 44.4°F | 3.86 in | 66.7°F | 44.4°F | 3.88 in |
| June | 75.9°F | 53.1°F | 3.48 in | 76.2°F | 54.3°F | 3.59 in |
| July | 79.6°F | 56.5°F | 3.56 in | 79.7°F | 57.8°F | 3.27 in |
| August | 78.0°F | 55.3°F | 3.08 in | 77.9°F | 56.4°F | 3.40 in |
| September | 70.9°F | 48.9°F | 3.45 in | 71.4°F | 50.0°F | 3.36 in |
| October | 58.4°F | 38.6°F | 3.04 in | 58.7°F | 39.1°F | 3.90 in |
| November | 44.9°F | 28.6°F | 2.63 in | 44.9°F | 29.7°F | 3.09 in |
| December | 33.2°F | 19.7°F | 2.28 in | 34.4°F | 21.5°F | 2.49 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 →