Climate twins of Libby, MT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Libby'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: Libby vs its climate twin
Top match: Northport, WA
| Month | Libby | Northport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 34.4°F | 21.5°F | 1.92 in | 31.1°F | 20.5°F | 2.24 in |
| February | 40.9°F | 22.2°F | 1.29 in | 38.7°F | 22.0°F | 1.32 in |
| March | 51.8°F | 26.8°F | 1.73 in | 49.1°F | 27.2°F | 1.64 in |
| April | 61.5°F | 31.7°F | 1.14 in | 59.6°F | 32.7°F | 1.68 in |
| May | 72.6°F | 38.7°F | 1.66 in | 69.6°F | 40.8°F | 2.12 in |
| June | 79.6°F | 45.4°F | 2.04 in | 75.2°F | 46.7°F | 2.44 in |
| July | 89.3°F | 49.2°F | 0.91 in | 85.4°F | 50.7°F | 1.01 in |
| August | 89.5°F | 47.4°F | 0.74 in | 85.7°F | 49.7°F | 0.61 in |
| September | 77.6°F | 40.9°F | 1.09 in | 75.2°F | 42.6°F | 0.97 in |
| October | 58.5°F | 33.8°F | 1.82 in | 56.9°F | 33.9°F | 1.56 in |
| November | 41.1°F | 28.3°F | 2.29 in | 40.5°F | 27.3°F | 2.24 in |
| December | 32.8°F | 21.8°F | 2.52 in | 31.5°F | 21.5°F | 2.47 in |
Cities that consider Libby their climate twin
These US cities have Libby in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Libby would feel familiar.
- Northport, WA (ranks Libby #1)
- Kettle Falls, WA (ranks Libby #1)
- Marcus, WA (ranks Libby #1)
- Colville, WA (ranks Libby #1)
- Bellevue, ID (ranks Libby #2)
- Hailey, ID (ranks Libby #2)
- Medical Lake, WA (ranks Libby #2)
- Reardan, WA (ranks Libby #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 →