Climate twins of Glendive, MT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Glendive'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: Glendive vs its climate twin
Top match: Philip, SD
| Month | Glendive | Philip | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 29.0°F | 9.2°F | 0.42 in | 34.1°F | 10.2°F | 0.43 in |
| February | 33.8°F | 12.5°F | 0.36 in | 37.8°F | 12.6°F | 0.47 in |
| March | 46.2°F | 23.0°F | 0.52 in | 48.9°F | 22.1°F | 0.89 in |
| April | 58.9°F | 34.2°F | 1.50 in | 59.2°F | 32.0°F | 1.71 in |
| May | 69.1°F | 44.7°F | 2.57 in | 70.0°F | 43.3°F | 2.96 in |
| June | 78.5°F | 54.3°F | 2.40 in | 81.0°F | 53.7°F | 2.90 in |
| July | 87.7°F | 60.3°F | 2.20 in | 89.5°F | 60.4°F | 1.83 in |
| August | 87.2°F | 57.8°F | 1.53 in | 88.5°F | 58.0°F | 1.48 in |
| September | 76.3°F | 47.9°F | 1.43 in | 79.0°F | 47.6°F | 1.23 in |
| October | 59.5°F | 35.9°F | 1.09 in | 62.9°F | 33.8°F | 1.45 in |
| November | 43.5°F | 23.7°F | 0.46 in | 48.1°F | 21.6°F | 0.49 in |
| December | 32.0°F | 13.3°F | 0.41 in | 36.3°F | 12.2°F | 0.44 in |
Cities that consider Glendive their climate twin
These US cities have Glendive in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Glendive would feel familiar.
- Kadoka, SD (ranks Glendive #3)
- Philip, SD (ranks Glendive #3)
- Broadwater, NE (ranks Glendive #3)
- Glenham, SD (ranks Glendive #2)
- Mobridge, SD (ranks Glendive #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 →