Climate twins of Jordan, MT

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Jordan'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.

Rank 1 closest
Medora, ND
similarity distance: 0.652 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Baker, MT
similarity distance: 0.680 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Havre, MT
similarity distance: 0.687 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Jordan vs its climate twin

Top match: Medora, ND

Month Jordan Medora
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 29.9°F 4.6°F 0.30 in 27.6°F 3.4°F 0.32 in
February 34.0°F 7.7°F 0.35 in 31.9°F 7.7°F 0.44 in
March 45.8°F 18.4°F 0.52 in 43.7°F 18.4°F 0.63 in
April 57.6°F 28.9°F 1.36 in 55.5°F 29.5°F 1.59 in
May 67.4°F 38.7°F 2.19 in 66.7°F 40.5°F 2.60 in
June 76.9°F 49.3°F 2.65 in 76.7°F 50.1°F 2.92 in
July 87.1°F 54.8°F 1.65 in 85.6°F 55.9°F 2.10 in
August 86.5°F 52.2°F 1.34 in 85.2°F 53.2°F 1.41 in
September 74.6°F 40.6°F 1.06 in 74.4°F 42.8°F 1.42 in
October 59.4°F 29.4°F 1.16 in 57.5°F 30.1°F 1.18 in
November 44.4°F 17.2°F 0.49 in 42.4°F 18.1°F 0.62 in
December 33.2°F 7.6°F 0.38 in 30.9°F 7.3°F 0.56 in

Cities that consider Jordan their climate twin

These US cities have Jordan in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Jordan would feel familiar.

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 →