Climate twins of Sheridan, MT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Sheridan'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: Sheridan vs its climate twin
Top match: Choteau, MT
| Month | Sheridan | Choteau | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 34.1°F | 15.4°F | 0.41 in | 37.4°F | 13.4°F | 0.28 in |
| February | 36.3°F | 16.0°F | 0.50 in | 38.9°F | 14.2°F | 0.41 in |
| March | 45.6°F | 23.8°F | 0.74 in | 47.0°F | 21.0°F | 0.52 in |
| April | 52.7°F | 29.1°F | 1.11 in | 55.8°F | 28.9°F | 1.15 in |
| May | 62.4°F | 36.9°F | 1.79 in | 65.1°F | 37.0°F | 2.14 in |
| June | 70.3°F | 44.4°F | 2.30 in | 72.3°F | 44.1°F | 2.75 in |
| July | 80.2°F | 50.1°F | 1.43 in | 82.0°F | 48.3°F | 0.99 in |
| August | 79.3°F | 49.6°F | 1.16 in | 81.0°F | 46.9°F | 1.06 in |
| September | 68.8°F | 41.5°F | 1.21 in | 71.6°F | 39.8°F | 1.16 in |
| October | 55.2°F | 31.9°F | 1.01 in | 58.0°F | 30.6°F | 0.74 in |
| November | 41.7°F | 21.8°F | 0.69 in | 45.0°F | 21.6°F | 0.41 in |
| December | 32.3°F | 13.5°F | 0.66 in | 37.4°F | 14.6°F | 0.32 in |
Cities that consider Sheridan their climate twin
These US cities have Sheridan in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Sheridan would feel familiar.
- Choteau, MT (ranks Sheridan #3)
- Fairfield, MT (ranks Sheridan #3)
- Dutton, MT (ranks Sheridan #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 →