Climate twins of Hardin, MT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hardin'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: Hardin vs its climate twin
Top match: Glendo, WY
| Month | Hardin | Glendo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 36.4°F | 10.9°F | 0.50 in | 39.1°F | 14.6°F | 0.37 in |
| February | 41.1°F | 14.5°F | 0.55 in | 39.6°F | 15.7°F | 0.42 in |
| March | 52.8°F | 23.1°F | 0.89 in | 49.5°F | 24.8°F | 0.90 in |
| April | 62.1°F | 31.8°F | 1.50 in | 57.6°F | 31.9°F | 1.91 in |
| May | 71.4°F | 41.2°F | 2.52 in | 67.2°F | 41.7°F | 2.81 in |
| June | 81.0°F | 49.7°F | 1.92 in | 78.9°F | 51.8°F | 1.95 in |
| July | 90.7°F | 55.5°F | 1.28 in | 88.0°F | 58.7°F | 1.52 in |
| August | 89.7°F | 53.3°F | 0.86 in | 85.7°F | 56.8°F | 1.16 in |
| September | 79.1°F | 44.1°F | 1.36 in | 76.6°F | 47.1°F | 1.15 in |
| October | 63.6°F | 32.8°F | 1.36 in | 61.3°F | 34.0°F | 1.23 in |
| November | 48.3°F | 21.5°F | 0.52 in | 48.4°F | 23.3°F | 0.47 in |
| December | 38.0°F | 12.9°F | 0.49 in | 37.8°F | 16.1°F | 0.54 in |
Cities that consider Hardin their climate twin
These US cities have Hardin in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Hardin would feel familiar.
- Thermopolis, WY (ranks Hardin #1)
- East Thermopolis, WY (ranks Hardin #1)
- Guernsey, WY (ranks Hardin #3)
- Torrington, WY (ranks Hardin #3)
- Henry, NE (ranks Hardin #3)
- Lyman, NE (ranks Hardin #3)
- Wellington, CO (ranks Hardin #3)
- Timnath, CO (ranks Hardin #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 →