Climate twins of Belt, MT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Belt'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: Belt vs its climate twin
Top match: Grass Range, MT
| Month | Belt | Grass Range | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 36.6°F | 16.6°F | 1.05 in | 37.2°F | 14.2°F | 0.68 in |
| February | 37.6°F | 17.0°F | 0.88 in | 38.8°F | 15.7°F | 0.51 in |
| March | 45.8°F | 23.4°F | 1.27 in | 48.2°F | 23.0°F | 0.87 in |
| April | 54.8°F | 30.6°F | 2.51 in | 57.1°F | 30.7°F | 1.85 in |
| May | 63.7°F | 38.5°F | 2.88 in | 66.0°F | 39.5°F | 3.39 in |
| June | 71.3°F | 45.6°F | 3.68 in | 74.0°F | 47.4°F | 3.22 in |
| July | 82.0°F | 51.7°F | 1.75 in | 83.3°F | 52.9°F | 1.70 in |
| August | 82.7°F | 50.7°F | 1.51 in | 82.7°F | 51.9°F | 1.67 in |
| September | 72.2°F | 43.4°F | 2.09 in | 72.6°F | 43.5°F | 1.46 in |
| October | 56.8°F | 33.6°F | 1.69 in | 58.9°F | 33.4°F | 1.25 in |
| November | 44.1°F | 24.7°F | 1.24 in | 46.3°F | 22.7°F | 0.71 in |
| December | 36.5°F | 17.5°F | 1.05 in | 37.7°F | 15.2°F | 0.55 in |
Cities that consider Belt their climate twin
These US cities have Belt in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Belt would feel familiar.
- Grangeville, ID (ranks Belt #1)
- White Bird, ID (ranks Belt #1)
- Bearcreek, MT (ranks Belt #2)
- Red Lodge, MT (ranks Belt #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 →