Climate twins of Moore, MT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Moore'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: Moore vs its climate twin
Top match: Virginia City, MT
| Month | Moore | Virginia City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 34.4°F | 12.9°F | 0.58 in | 36.9°F | 15.0°F | 0.67 in |
| February | 35.3°F | 13.9°F | 0.49 in | 38.9°F | 15.4°F | 0.59 in |
| March | 44.3°F | 21.4°F | 0.87 in | 47.2°F | 22.1°F | 0.93 in |
| April | 53.0°F | 28.8°F | 1.71 in | 54.3°F | 28.5°F | 1.75 in |
| May | 62.6°F | 37.4°F | 2.88 in | 64.2°F | 36.6°F | 2.37 in |
| June | 71.0°F | 45.1°F | 3.35 in | 72.6°F | 43.1°F | 2.74 in |
| July | 81.6°F | 50.7°F | 1.76 in | 82.6°F | 49.8°F | 1.33 in |
| August | 81.1°F | 49.6°F | 1.69 in | 81.3°F | 48.6°F | 1.14 in |
| September | 70.4°F | 41.5°F | 1.39 in | 71.4°F | 41.2°F | 1.19 in |
| October | 56.0°F | 30.8°F | 1.27 in | 57.6°F | 31.4°F | 1.35 in |
| November | 43.4°F | 20.9°F | 0.67 in | 43.8°F | 21.3°F | 0.82 in |
| December | 35.0°F | 13.6°F | 0.51 in | 35.3°F | 13.9°F | 0.77 in |
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 →