Climate twins of Miles City, MT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Miles City'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: Miles City vs its climate twin
Top match: Buffalo, SD
| Month | Miles City | Buffalo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 30.1°F | 8.9°F | 0.28 in | 31.6°F | 10.7°F | 0.31 in |
| February | 34.7°F | 12.5°F | 0.26 in | 33.8°F | 12.9°F | 0.41 in |
| March | 46.8°F | 22.5°F | 0.55 in | 44.9°F | 22.1°F | 0.53 in |
| April | 58.1°F | 32.9°F | 1.54 in | 55.6°F | 31.3°F | 1.44 in |
| May | 68.1°F | 42.9°F | 2.73 in | 66.3°F | 41.9°F | 2.47 in |
| June | 78.6°F | 52.5°F | 2.51 in | 77.0°F | 51.6°F | 2.11 in |
| July | 88.7°F | 59.6°F | 1.51 in | 86.1°F | 58.1°F | 2.16 in |
| August | 87.4°F | 57.6°F | 0.91 in | 85.0°F | 55.9°F | 1.13 in |
| September | 75.6°F | 46.9°F | 1.07 in | 74.9°F | 46.3°F | 1.13 in |
| October | 59.0°F | 33.8°F | 0.97 in | 58.1°F | 33.7°F | 1.09 in |
| November | 44.3°F | 21.2°F | 0.33 in | 44.3°F | 21.5°F | 0.32 in |
| December | 33.1°F | 11.7°F | 0.22 in | 33.9°F | 13.3°F | 0.35 in |
Cities that consider Miles City their climate twin
These US cities have Miles City in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Miles City would feel familiar.
- Buffalo, SD (ranks Miles City #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 →