Climate twins of Baker, MT

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Baker'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: Baker vs its climate twin

Top match: Edgemont, SD

Month	Baker			Edgemont
	High	Low	Precip	High	Low	Precip
January	28.9°F	6.8°F	0.34 in	33.6°F	4.3°F	0.37 in
February	32.9°F	10.4°F	0.35 in	38.4°F	7.8°F	0.48 in
March	44.4°F	21.3°F	0.64 in	50.3°F	18.0°F	0.95 in
April	56.2°F	30.5°F	1.32 in	59.3°F	27.4°F	1.84 in
May	67.0°F	41.3°F	2.64 in	68.7°F	37.9°F	2.65 in
June	77.8°F	51.7°F	2.69 in	80.1°F	47.9°F	2.64 in
July	85.7°F	57.6°F	1.99 in	88.8°F	54.8°F	2.21 in
August	84.9°F	54.9°F	1.27 in	87.3°F	52.1°F	1.50 in
September	74.4°F	44.4°F	1.47 in	77.6°F	41.5°F	1.21 in
October	57.3°F	31.9°F	1.18 in	61.8°F	27.3°F	1.26 in
November	42.5°F	19.8°F	0.45 in	46.9°F	14.8°F	0.56 in
December	32.0°F	9.8°F	0.38 in	34.8°F	5.4°F	0.44 in

Cities that consider Baker their climate twin

These US cities have Baker in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Baker would feel familiar.

Edgemont, SD (ranks Baker #3)
Jordan, MT (ranks Baker #2)
Upton, WY (ranks Baker #3)

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 →