Climate twins of Roundup, MT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Roundup'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: Roundup vs its climate twin
Top match: Lingle, WY
| Month | Roundup | Lingle | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 37.2°F | 13.1°F | 0.37 in | 40.5°F | 12.4°F | 0.28 in |
| February | 40.7°F | 14.9°F | 0.42 in | 42.6°F | 13.8°F | 0.45 in |
| March | 50.6°F | 22.1°F | 0.71 in | 52.6°F | 21.8°F | 0.84 in |
| April | 59.9°F | 30.0°F | 1.71 in | 59.9°F | 30.1°F | 1.73 in |
| May | 69.1°F | 39.3°F | 2.55 in | 68.8°F | 39.4°F | 2.68 in |
| June | 78.3°F | 47.8°F | 2.89 in | 81.2°F | 48.4°F | 2.22 in |
| July | 88.9°F | 53.5°F | 1.70 in | 88.5°F | 54.2°F | 1.87 in |
| August | 87.9°F | 51.1°F | 1.21 in | 86.9°F | 51.4°F | 1.43 in |
| September | 76.9°F | 42.4°F | 1.20 in | 77.6°F | 42.5°F | 1.27 in |
| October | 60.9°F | 31.7°F | 1.22 in | 63.2°F | 28.5°F | 1.18 in |
| November | 46.6°F | 21.8°F | 0.49 in | 50.4°F | 18.0°F | 0.48 in |
| December | 37.2°F | 14.2°F | 0.41 in | 40.7°F | 11.9°F | 0.40 in |
Cities that consider Roundup their climate twin
These US cities have Roundup in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Roundup would feel familiar.
- Lingle, WY (ranks Roundup #1)
- Great Falls, MT (ranks Roundup #1)
- Kimball, NE (ranks Roundup #1)
- Dix, NE (ranks Roundup #1)
- Hay Springs, NE (ranks Roundup #2)
- Fort Benton, MT (ranks Roundup #1)
- Grover, CO (ranks Roundup #1)
- Burns, WY (ranks Roundup #1)
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 →