Climate twins of Choteau, MT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Choteau'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: Choteau vs its climate twin
Top match: Harlowton, MT
| Month | Choteau | Harlowton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 37.4°F | 13.4°F | 0.28 in | 35.7°F | 13.3°F | 0.31 in |
| February | 38.9°F | 14.2°F | 0.41 in | 38.2°F | 14.1°F | 0.30 in |
| March | 47.0°F | 21.0°F | 0.52 in | 47.5°F | 19.8°F | 0.55 in |
| April | 55.8°F | 28.9°F | 1.15 in | 54.3°F | 27.8°F | 1.34 in |
| May | 65.1°F | 37.0°F | 2.14 in | 64.3°F | 37.1°F | 2.53 in |
| June | 72.3°F | 44.1°F | 2.75 in | 73.6°F | 45.5°F | 2.81 in |
| July | 82.0°F | 48.3°F | 0.99 in | 83.9°F | 49.9°F | 1.42 in |
| August | 81.0°F | 46.9°F | 1.06 in | 83.2°F | 48.4°F | 1.25 in |
| September | 71.6°F | 39.8°F | 1.16 in | 72.5°F | 39.6°F | 1.07 in |
| October | 58.0°F | 30.6°F | 0.74 in | 57.4°F | 29.5°F | 0.68 in |
| November | 45.0°F | 21.6°F | 0.41 in | 44.6°F | 20.6°F | 0.51 in |
| December | 37.4°F | 14.6°F | 0.32 in | 35.4°F | 14.7°F | 0.41 in |
Cities that consider Choteau their climate twin
These US cities have Choteau in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Choteau would feel familiar.
- Twin Bridges, MT (ranks Choteau #1)
- Sheridan, MT (ranks Choteau #1)
- Dillon, MT (ranks Choteau #1)
- Ennis, MT (ranks Choteau #1)
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 →