Climate twins of Wolverine Lake, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Wolverine Lake'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: Wolverine Lake vs its climate twin
Top match: Penn Yan, NY
| Month | Wolverine Lake | Penn Yan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 30.4°F | 16.5°F | 1.63 in | 32.7°F | 17.5°F | 1.49 in |
| February | 33.2°F | 17.8°F | 1.07 in | 34.8°F | 18.5°F | 1.26 in |
| March | 43.2°F | 25.8°F | 1.92 in | 43.2°F | 25.4°F | 2.06 in |
| April | 56.7°F | 36.4°F | 2.66 in | 56.2°F | 35.5°F | 2.81 in |
| May | 68.9°F | 47.6°F | 3.68 in | 68.8°F | 47.0°F | 2.88 in |
| June | 78.4°F | 57.6°F | 3.19 in | 76.6°F | 57.0°F | 2.77 in |
| July | 82.2°F | 62.1°F | 2.78 in | 81.4°F | 61.8°F | 3.39 in |
| August | 80.0°F | 61.2°F | 2.91 in | 79.7°F | 59.9°F | 2.84 in |
| September | 72.7°F | 53.0°F | 3.08 in | 73.0°F | 52.6°F | 3.89 in |
| October | 60.0°F | 41.7°F | 2.60 in | 60.6°F | 42.6°F | 2.88 in |
| November | 46.2°F | 31.8°F | 2.05 in | 48.4°F | 32.7°F | 2.14 in |
| December | 34.9°F | 22.8°F | 1.59 in | 37.9°F | 24.7°F | 1.83 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 →