Climate twins of Douglas, WY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Douglas'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: Douglas vs its climate twin
Top match: Colstrip, MT
| Month | Douglas | Colstrip | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 39.0°F | 12.4°F | 0.56 in | 35.8°F | 13.5°F | 0.65 in |
| February | 40.0°F | 12.8°F | 0.74 in | 37.1°F | 15.1°F | 0.69 in |
| March | 50.1°F | 23.2°F | 1.06 in | 47.1°F | 23.9°F | 0.95 in |
| April | 57.7°F | 30.0°F | 1.88 in | 55.4°F | 31.9°F | 1.92 in |
| May | 67.6°F | 38.9°F | 2.69 in | 64.9°F | 41.9°F | 3.14 in |
| June | 79.6°F | 48.6°F | 1.70 in | 74.9°F | 50.8°F | 2.48 in |
| July | 87.9°F | 55.3°F | 1.30 in | 85.0°F | 57.2°F | 1.42 in |
| August | 86.3°F | 52.6°F | 0.97 in | 84.0°F | 55.2°F | 1.03 in |
| September | 75.7°F | 42.6°F | 1.20 in | 73.4°F | 45.8°F | 1.43 in |
| October | 60.5°F | 30.4°F | 1.39 in | 58.1°F | 33.7°F | 1.44 in |
| November | 48.7°F | 21.0°F | 0.56 in | 45.9°F | 23.6°F | 0.69 in |
| December | 38.7°F | 12.6°F | 0.46 in | 36.6°F | 15.3°F | 0.56 in |
Cities that consider Douglas their climate twin
These US cities have Douglas in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Douglas would feel familiar.
- Colstrip, MT (ranks Douglas #1)
- Ten Sleep, WY (ranks Douglas #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 →