Climate twins of Wolverine, MI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Wolverine'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 vs its climate twin
Top match: Escanaba, MI
| Month | Wolverine | Escanaba | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 25.8°F | 7.8°F | 2.18 in | 25.6°F | 8.1°F | 1.18 in |
| February | 28.4°F | 5.7°F | 1.49 in | 27.8°F | 8.2°F | 1.03 in |
| March | 38.8°F | 13.1°F | 1.78 in | 36.7°F | 17.9°F | 1.64 in |
| April | 52.0°F | 25.5°F | 3.06 in | 47.3°F | 29.4°F | 2.34 in |
| May | 66.9°F | 37.8°F | 2.92 in | 60.3°F | 40.6°F | 3.32 in |
| June | 76.5°F | 47.0°F | 3.03 in | 70.5°F | 50.9°F | 3.45 in |
| July | 79.9°F | 51.3°F | 2.95 in | 76.6°F | 56.4°F | 2.90 in |
| August | 78.4°F | 49.7°F | 3.51 in | 75.6°F | 55.2°F | 2.99 in |
| September | 69.9°F | 42.2°F | 3.37 in | 67.6°F | 48.9°F | 3.21 in |
| October | 55.6°F | 33.4°F | 3.52 in | 54.5°F | 36.5°F | 3.06 in |
| November | 42.3°F | 25.8°F | 2.42 in | 42.2°F | 27.4°F | 2.35 in |
| December | 31.4°F | 16.5°F | 2.15 in | 31.1°F | 16.4°F | 1.37 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 →