Climate twins of Big Timber, MT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Big Timber'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: Big Timber vs its climate twin
Top match: Colstrip, MT
| Month | Big Timber | Colstrip | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 38.1°F | 19.5°F | 0.73 in | 35.8°F | 13.5°F | 0.65 in |
| February | 40.0°F | 19.6°F | 0.65 in | 37.1°F | 15.1°F | 0.69 in |
| March | 49.3°F | 26.0°F | 0.98 in | 47.1°F | 23.9°F | 0.95 in |
| April | 56.8°F | 32.4°F | 2.18 in | 55.4°F | 31.9°F | 1.92 in |
| May | 66.6°F | 40.3°F | 3.06 in | 64.9°F | 41.9°F | 3.14 in |
| June | 75.8°F | 47.9°F | 2.63 in | 74.9°F | 50.8°F | 2.48 in |
| July | 86.2°F | 53.5°F | 1.38 in | 85.0°F | 57.2°F | 1.42 in |
| August | 84.9°F | 51.3°F | 0.99 in | 84.0°F | 55.2°F | 1.03 in |
| September | 74.1°F | 43.4°F | 1.31 in | 73.4°F | 45.8°F | 1.43 in |
| October | 59.0°F | 34.4°F | 1.51 in | 58.1°F | 33.7°F | 1.44 in |
| November | 45.9°F | 26.0°F | 0.78 in | 45.9°F | 23.6°F | 0.69 in |
| December | 37.2°F | 19.5°F | 0.73 in | 36.6°F | 15.3°F | 0.56 in |
Cities that consider Big Timber their climate twin
These US cities have Big Timber in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Big Timber would feel familiar.
- Colstrip, MT (ranks Big Timber #2)
- Chugwater, WY (ranks Big Timber #2)
- St. Ignatius, MT (ranks Big Timber #3)
- Cheyenne, WY (ranks Big Timber #2)
- Grangeville, ID (ranks Big Timber #3)
- White Bird, ID (ranks Big Timber #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 →