Climate twins of Circle, MT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Circle'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: Circle vs its climate twin
Top match: Buffalo, SD
| Month | Circle | Buffalo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 28.5°F | 7.8°F | 0.40 in | 31.6°F | 10.7°F | 0.31 in |
| February | 32.6°F | 11.5°F | 0.37 in | 33.8°F | 12.9°F | 0.41 in |
| March | 45.5°F | 21.6°F | 0.49 in | 44.9°F | 22.1°F | 0.53 in |
| April | 58.1°F | 31.7°F | 1.38 in | 55.6°F | 31.3°F | 1.44 in |
| May | 68.3°F | 41.7°F | 2.55 in | 66.3°F | 41.9°F | 2.47 in |
| June | 77.7°F | 50.9°F | 2.64 in | 77.0°F | 51.6°F | 2.11 in |
| July | 87.1°F | 57.1°F | 2.14 in | 86.1°F | 58.1°F | 2.16 in |
| August | 86.8°F | 55.4°F | 1.40 in | 85.0°F | 55.9°F | 1.13 in |
| September | 75.5°F | 45.2°F | 1.33 in | 74.9°F | 46.3°F | 1.13 in |
| October | 58.8°F | 33.1°F | 0.93 in | 58.1°F | 33.7°F | 1.09 in |
| November | 42.8°F | 21.2°F | 0.36 in | 44.3°F | 21.5°F | 0.32 in |
| December | 31.5°F | 11.0°F | 0.46 in | 33.9°F | 13.3°F | 0.35 in |
Cities that consider Circle their climate twin
These US cities have Circle in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Circle would feel familiar.
- Buffalo, SD (ranks Circle #1)
- Malta, MT (ranks Circle #1)
- Nisland, SD (ranks Circle #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 →