Climate twins of Cut Bank, MT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cut Bank'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: Cut Bank vs its climate twin
Top match: Boulder, MT
| Month | Cut Bank | Boulder | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.3°F | 11.3°F | 0.22 in | 35.0°F | 11.9°F | 0.28 in |
| February | 34.2°F | 12.0°F | 0.23 in | 37.8°F | 14.0°F | 0.19 in |
| March | 42.6°F | 19.7°F | 0.36 in | 46.8°F | 20.8°F | 0.40 in |
| April | 52.3°F | 28.1°F | 0.95 in | 54.5°F | 27.0°F | 0.78 in |
| May | 62.3°F | 37.0°F | 1.65 in | 63.6°F | 35.3°F | 1.86 in |
| June | 70.4°F | 44.7°F | 2.73 in | 72.0°F | 42.5°F | 2.30 in |
| July | 80.2°F | 49.6°F | 1.29 in | 82.5°F | 48.3°F | 1.38 in |
| August | 79.7°F | 48.0°F | 0.96 in | 82.0°F | 46.2°F | 1.12 in |
| September | 68.7°F | 40.1°F | 1.08 in | 71.9°F | 38.1°F | 1.10 in |
| October | 54.4°F | 29.7°F | 0.57 in | 57.4°F | 27.7°F | 0.64 in |
| November | 41.0°F | 20.2°F | 0.42 in | 42.4°F | 18.6°F | 0.48 in |
| December | 32.9°F | 12.6°F | 0.31 in | 33.6°F | 11.5°F | 0.27 in |
Cities that consider Cut Bank their climate twin
These US cities have Cut Bank in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Cut Bank would feel familiar.
- Boulder, MT (ranks Cut Bank #1)
- Lima, MT (ranks Cut Bank #1)
- White Sulphur Springs, MT (ranks Cut Bank #1)
- Sheridan, MT (ranks Cut Bank #2)
- Twin Bridges, MT (ranks Cut Bank #2)
- Walkerville, MT (ranks Cut Bank #2)
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 →