Climate twins of Medora, ND
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Medora'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: Medora vs its climate twin
Top match: Jordan, MT
| Month | Medora | Jordan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 27.6°F | 3.4°F | 0.32 in | 29.9°F | 4.6°F | 0.30 in |
| February | 31.9°F | 7.7°F | 0.44 in | 34.0°F | 7.7°F | 0.35 in |
| March | 43.7°F | 18.4°F | 0.63 in | 45.8°F | 18.4°F | 0.52 in |
| April | 55.5°F | 29.5°F | 1.59 in | 57.6°F | 28.9°F | 1.36 in |
| May | 66.7°F | 40.5°F | 2.60 in | 67.4°F | 38.7°F | 2.19 in |
| June | 76.7°F | 50.1°F | 2.92 in | 76.9°F | 49.3°F | 2.65 in |
| July | 85.6°F | 55.9°F | 2.10 in | 87.1°F | 54.8°F | 1.65 in |
| August | 85.2°F | 53.2°F | 1.41 in | 86.5°F | 52.2°F | 1.34 in |
| September | 74.4°F | 42.8°F | 1.42 in | 74.6°F | 40.6°F | 1.06 in |
| October | 57.5°F | 30.1°F | 1.18 in | 59.4°F | 29.4°F | 1.16 in |
| November | 42.4°F | 18.1°F | 0.62 in | 44.4°F | 17.2°F | 0.49 in |
| December | 30.9°F | 7.3°F | 0.56 in | 33.2°F | 7.6°F | 0.38 in |
Cities that consider Medora their climate twin
These US cities have Medora in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Medora would feel familiar.
- Jordan, MT (ranks Medora #1)
- Washburn, ND (ranks Medora #1)
- Chinook, MT (ranks Medora #3)
- Harlem, MT (ranks Medora #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 →