Climate twins of Red Lodge, MT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Red Lodge'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: Red Lodge vs its climate twin
Top match: Ranchester, WY
| Month | Red Lodge | Ranchester | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 37.5°F | 13.9°F | 0.84 in | 35.9°F | 10.2°F | 0.82 in |
| February | 36.7°F | 14.3°F | 1.14 in | 38.1°F | 12.0°F | 0.89 in |
| March | 45.7°F | 21.7°F | 1.78 in | 47.0°F | 20.0°F | 1.49 in |
| April | 53.3°F | 28.5°F | 2.77 in | 55.3°F | 28.8°F | 2.06 in |
| May | 62.0°F | 36.6°F | 4.72 in | 65.2°F | 37.5°F | 3.36 in |
| June | 71.6°F | 43.7°F | 2.59 in | 75.1°F | 45.0°F | 1.99 in |
| July | 81.2°F | 49.9°F | 1.45 in | 85.2°F | 51.2°F | 1.16 in |
| August | 80.6°F | 48.7°F | 1.01 in | 84.3°F | 49.7°F | 0.88 in |
| September | 71.2°F | 41.6°F | 1.63 in | 73.2°F | 40.3°F | 1.55 in |
| October | 56.4°F | 31.4°F | 2.34 in | 58.9°F | 30.1°F | 1.86 in |
| November | 43.1°F | 21.2°F | 1.39 in | 45.6°F | 18.2°F | 1.15 in |
| December | 35.7°F | 14.2°F | 1.00 in | 35.7°F | 10.0°F | 0.82 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 →