Climate twins of Ekalaka, MT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Ekalaka'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: Ekalaka vs its climate twin
Top match: Colstrip, MT
| Month | Ekalaka | Colstrip | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.5°F | 10.8°F | 0.58 in | 35.8°F | 13.5°F | 0.65 in |
| February | 35.0°F | 13.1°F | 0.66 in | 37.1°F | 15.1°F | 0.69 in |
| March | 46.4°F | 21.8°F | 0.95 in | 47.1°F | 23.9°F | 0.95 in |
| April | 56.8°F | 30.7°F | 1.86 in | 55.4°F | 31.9°F | 1.92 in |
| May | 66.8°F | 40.4°F | 3.21 in | 64.9°F | 41.9°F | 3.14 in |
| June | 76.5°F | 49.9°F | 2.95 in | 74.9°F | 50.8°F | 2.48 in |
| July | 85.6°F | 56.8°F | 2.10 in | 85.0°F | 57.2°F | 1.42 in |
| August | 84.7°F | 55.3°F | 1.35 in | 84.0°F | 55.2°F | 1.03 in |
| September | 74.5°F | 45.6°F | 1.60 in | 73.4°F | 45.8°F | 1.43 in |
| October | 58.4°F | 33.2°F | 1.58 in | 58.1°F | 33.7°F | 1.44 in |
| November | 44.0°F | 21.5°F | 0.76 in | 45.9°F | 23.6°F | 0.69 in |
| December | 34.3°F | 12.9°F | 0.51 in | 36.6°F | 15.3°F | 0.56 in |
Cities that consider Ekalaka their climate twin
These US cities have Ekalaka in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Ekalaka would feel familiar.
- Colstrip, MT (ranks Ekalaka #3)
- Bison, SD (ranks Ekalaka #2)
- Harrison, NE (ranks Ekalaka #1)
- Quinn, SD (ranks Ekalaka #3)
- Gordon, NE (ranks Ekalaka #2)
- Batesland, SD (ranks Ekalaka #2)
- Lodge Grass, MT (ranks Ekalaka #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 →