Climate twins of Philipsburg, MT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Philipsburg'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: Philipsburg vs its climate twin
Top match: White Sulphur Springs, MT
| Month | Philipsburg | White Sulphur Springs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 35.7°F | 15.2°F | 0.67 in | 33.4°F | 13.4°F | 0.51 in |
| February | 37.5°F | 14.8°F | 0.85 in | 34.6°F | 12.9°F | 0.34 in |
| March | 46.6°F | 21.1°F | 1.10 in | 44.6°F | 20.8°F | 0.71 in |
| April | 53.8°F | 26.0°F | 1.62 in | 52.9°F | 26.6°F | 1.44 in |
| May | 63.3°F | 32.9°F | 2.64 in | 62.7°F | 34.7°F | 2.08 in |
| June | 70.9°F | 39.5°F | 2.49 in | 71.3°F | 42.1°F | 2.52 in |
| July | 80.8°F | 43.4°F | 1.22 in | 81.6°F | 48.1°F | 1.36 in |
| August | 80.8°F | 41.6°F | 1.13 in | 81.4°F | 46.5°F | 1.21 in |
| September | 71.2°F | 35.5°F | 1.44 in | 70.6°F | 38.7°F | 1.04 in |
| October | 57.1°F | 28.0°F | 1.42 in | 56.3°F | 29.3°F | 0.86 in |
| November | 43.1°F | 20.5°F | 1.15 in | 41.7°F | 20.4°F | 0.44 in |
| December | 34.3°F | 14.3°F | 0.76 in | 32.6°F | 13.4°F | 0.53 in |
Cities that consider Philipsburg their climate twin
These US cities have Philipsburg in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Philipsburg would feel familiar.
- Judith Gap, MT (ranks Philipsburg #1)
- Empire, CO (ranks Philipsburg #3)
- Georgetown, CO (ranks Philipsburg #3)
- Silver Plume, CO (ranks Philipsburg #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 →